Home Island
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Home Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean. The island contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam.
Description
It is Script error: No such module "convert". in area and is home to about 500 Cocos Malay people in the village of Bantam. Local attractions include a museum covering local culture and traditions, flora and fauna, Australian naval history, and the early owners of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.[1] Bantam was formerly listed as the capital of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands by the European Union, until it was changed to West Island in 2012.[2]
The Home Island Mosque is one of the busiest places on the island, and the minaret is painted in territorial flag colours of green and gold.[3][4]
There is also a trail leading to Oceania House, which was the ancestral home of the Clunies-Ross family, the former rulers of the Cocos-Keeling Islands and is over a century old.[5]
Education
Cocos Islands District High School operates a primary education centre on Home Island; most of the staff live on West Island and travel to their jobs on a daily basis. Secondary level students go to the West Island campus.[6]
Heritage listings
Home Island contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Captain Ballard's Grave[7]
- Jalan Kipas: Early Settlers' Graves[8]
- Home Island Cemetery[9]
- Jalan Panti: Home Island Foreshore[10]
- Jalan Bunga Mawar: Home Island Industrial Precinct[11]
- Jalan Bunga Kangkong: Oceania House[12]
- Jalan Bunga Mawar: Old Co-Op Shop[13]
References
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- ↑ "Home Island", Cocos Keeling Islands. Retrieved on 13 February 2018.
- ↑ Interinstitutional Style Guide of the European Union, Annex 5 - capital: ‘Bantam’ replaced by ‘West Island’ (change made on 7 Feb. 2012)
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- ↑ "Oceania House" Template:Webarchive, Cocos Keeling Islands. Retrieved on 13 February 2018.
- ↑ Home Template:Webarchive. Cocos Islands District High School. Retrieved on 8 April 2019.
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