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The first painting of Christmas Island? A monochromatic watercolour dated from 1830. A view of the Island from a ship.

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Christmas Island Archives was selected for preservation by the State Library of Western Australia. It is now listed in perpetuity on PANDORA, Australia’s website archive established by the National Library of Australia.

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An ammunition cave used by the Japanese during the

I love Victor Purcell's observations of human beha

An old water tank near South Point located along t

Back in 2020 as we were leaving the Old European C

A sad end for Norman Howard. His gravesite lies in

Straits settlement 1 cent coins that I found parti

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