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In 1957 the Australian government acquired Christmas Island from Singapore for a price of 2.9 million pounds. It officially became an Australian territory on 1 October 1958, an event which is celebrated each year on the first Monday in October.

Today there are approximately 1500 people living on the Island, although the population fluctuates depending on what sort of building contracts are on at any given time.

The population breakdown is 65% Chinese, 20% Malay and 15% European and other. Most are permanent residents of Australia and the majority holds Australian citizenship.


The Kampong: This is where the Malays live, down in Flying Fish Cove. The central feature is the Mosque as all the Malays are Muslim. They are called to prayer five times a day.
Poon Saan: This is where many Chinese families live. The Chinese name means literally "halfway up the hill".
Silver City: A mixture of Chinese and European with some Malay. Built in the 1970s, the aluminium/metal houses were supposed to be cyclone proof.
Drumsite: A mixture of European and Chinese workers. This area is right in the path of the red crab migration.
Settlement: This is where the commercial business and shops are located. Many Europeans also live in this area, close to the coast in large old colonial homes.

When daggy was smarting about his ladies immigration, i pointed out the Australian Immigration Act discriminates against non christians.
The Tamil are mostly christian and people like howard, abbot and co, hold a view this country should favor those married in the eyes of a non existent god or some like nonsense, which is a contradiction to the constitution, which accommodates all belief's.

The Tamil mostly flowed out of Tamil Nadu in India, as did the arms they used while using violence as they attempted to establish themselves in what has been for a long long time a prominently buddhist country.

and todays good news is
Turkey's government has held an emergency security meeting after one of its fighter jets was shot down by Syrian forces over the Mediterranean Sea.

The F4 fighter jet disappeared off the radar just near the Syrian border.

Syria's military says the aircraft was flying low, well inside Syrian territorial waters, when it was shot down.

you'd hate the non-notion of ques in india really drive u nuts there
nothing like the good old English stiff upper lip, i gave London three days and hit the frog and toad, never met such whinging people before i got there, put me off the uk all together