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Home Island
Island of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Description
It is 95 hectares (230 acres) 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.[2] Bantam was formerly listed as the capital of Cocos (Keeling) Islands by the European Union until it was changed to West Island in 2012.[3]
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.[4][5]
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.[6]
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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.[7]
Heritage listings
Home Island contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Captain Ballard's Grave[8]
- Jalan Kipas: Early Settlers' Graves[9]
- Home Island Cemetery[10]
- Jalan Panti: Home Island Foreshore[11]
- Jalan Bunga Mawar: Home Island Industrial Precinct[12]
- Jalan Bunga Kangkong: Oceania House[13]
- Jalan Bunga Mawar: Old Co-Op Shop[14]
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