ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Cocos Island </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="History of Cocos Islands, History of Keeling Islands"> <!-- 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 Cocos Island <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xcocos.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xcocosisl.html"> <img src = "../banners/bancocos.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> </div> <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 : Cocos (Keeling) Islands </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"> 1609 <BR> 1826 <BR> 1827 <BR> 1836 <BR> 1857 <BR> 1878 <BR> 1886 <BR> 1886 <BR> 1903 <BR> 1914 <BR><BR> 1942 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1944-1946 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1995 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> English navigator William Keeling believed to be the first European to sight the islands <BR> Alexander Hare established first British settlement <BR> Captain Clunies-Ross founded a second British settlement <BR> Charls Darwin visited Cocos Islands <BR> British annexation of the Cocos Islands <BR> Administration of the Cocos Islands placed under Ceylon <BR> Queen Victoria granted the islands to George Clunies Ross and his descendants, in perpetuity <BR> Administration of Cocos Islands placed under Straits Settlements <BR> Administration of Cocos Islands placed under Singapore, Straits Settlements <BR> Early in WW I, a German party from SMS Emden landed on Direction Island, destroyed a <BR> wireless and cable station; the Emden wasw sunk in the waters of the Cocos Islands <BR> Administration of Cocos Islands placed under Ceylon <BR> Airstrip constructed <BR> Islands under military administration <BR> Cocos Islands placed under Resident Commissioner, responsible to Singapore <BR> Cocos Islands proclaimed an Australian Territory <BR> A Local Government Council elected <BR> Australia's government purchased most of the lands held by the Clunies-Ross family <BR> Inhabitants voted for full integration with Australia <BR> Pulau Keling National Park proclaimed <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.cocos-tourism.cc/history.htm"><B>Cocos Tourism</B></A> <BR> Article Cocos Islands, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_Islands"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://cocosdive.bizland.com/cocoshistory/"><B>Cocos (Keeling) Islands Historical Society</B></A> <BR> History of the Island Group Cocos (Keeling) Islands, from <A HREF = "http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/cocos/ishistory.html"><B> Australian Govt., Dept. of Environment and Heritage</B></A> <BR> History of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fact Sheet, from <A HREF = "http://www.naa.gov.au/Publications/fact_sheets/FS103.html"><B>National Archives of Australia</B></A> <BR> History, from <A HREF = "http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/cocos_island/history.shtml"><B>Australian Govt., Dept. of Meteorology</B></A> <BR> History of the Cocos Islands, from <A HREF = "http://flagspot.net/flags/cc.html"><B>FOTW</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </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> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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