ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Christmas Island </title> <META name="keywords" content="History of Christmas Island"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Christmas Island <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xchristmasisl.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xchristmasisl.html"> <img src = "../banners/banchristmasisl.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 25th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Christmas Island </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1615 <BR> 1643 <BR> 1666 <BR> 1688 <BR> 1718 <BR><BR> 1857 <BR> 1887 <BR> 1888 <BR> 1888 <BR> 1897 <BR> 1942-1945 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1980 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1987 <BR> 1989 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1993 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Island's existence first recorded <BR> English navigator William Myers sighted, named the island <BR> Shown on a map made by Pieter Goos, named Moni <BR> Visited by English navigator William Dampier; uninhabited <BR> Publication of Daniel Beekman's book "A Voyage to and from the Island <BR> of Borneo, in the East Indies"; mentions Christmas Island <BR> British vessel Amethyst visited, explored island <BR> British Captain Maclear found phosphate deposits on the island <BR> Britain annexed Christmas Island, administratively placed under Straits Settlements <BR> European settlement established at Flying Fish Cove <BR> Christmas Island Phosphate Co. began mining; a work force (mainly Chinese) had to be imported <BR> Japanese Occupation <BR> Administration of Christmas Island placed under Colony of Singapore <BR> Administration of Christmas Island transferred to Australia <BR> Australian Post issued stamps for Christmas Island <BR> Union of Christmas Island Workers (Labour Union) formed <BR> Much of the island was declared a national park <BR> Australian citizenship extended to Christmas Islanders <BR> Christmas Island national park was extended <BR> Flag of Christmas Island adopted <BR> Phosphate mining was ceased <BR> Christmas Island National Park was further extended <BR> Phosphate mining was resumed <BR> Casino opened <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History, from <A HREF = "http://www.christmas.net.au/history.html"><B>Christmas Island Tourism Association</B></A> <BR> Christmas Island, from <A HREF = "www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kt.html"><B>CIA World Factbook</B></A> <BR> Territories of Australia : Christmas Island, from <A HREF = "http://www.dotrs.gov.au/terr/xmas/"><B> Govt. of Australia, Dept. of Transport and Regional Services</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/christmas/"><B>Christmas Island National Park</B></A> <BR> The Territory of Christmas Island, Fact Sheet, from <A HREF = "http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/fs157.html"><B> National Archives of Australia</B></A> <BR> Article Christmas Island, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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