Books set in Christmas Island (5)
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Christmas Island, Indian Ocean : A Fascinating First-hand Account of Life in Australia's Most Isolated Territory by Julietta Jameson EN
AustraliaDescription:
In August 2001, the arrival of the Tampa and its refugee cargo pushed a small Scotty dog-shaped island into the limelight. This relatively unknown Australian territory became a name on everyone's lips as the political and social debate raged around this dot in the Indian Ocean.Julietta Jameson, like many of us, was intrigued by Christmas Island, and wondered where it was and how it came into being. Curious, she booked a flight and travelled to this tiny island, 2600km north-west of Perth and 360km south-west of Java, determined to find out more about the island and its people. She stayed for t... continue
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Christmas Island: The Early Years by Jan Adams, Margaret Neale EN
Country: Asia / 
Christmas Island
Christmas Island
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Early years of Christmas Island, 1888 to 1958. Historic photographs with many untold tales from the early years of Christmas Island, an isolated island in the Indian Ocean.
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We Were the Christmas Islanders by Margaret Neale, Jan Adams, Bruce Neale EN
Country: Asia / Christmas Island
Christmas Island
Description:
Qualitative research trough interviews of Chistmas Island residents.
Margo Ngawa Neale is an Australian author, historian and curator, who is of Aboriginal and Irish descent, and a Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri woman.[1][2] Her First Nations name is Ngawa Gurrawa and it means "talkative but knowledgeable".
Neale is based in Canberra and is an adjunct professor at the Australian National University and is the senior Indigenous curator and as the principle advisor to the director or the National Museum of Australia.[4] She has also served as the Head of the Gallery of Aboriginal Austra... continue
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