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Name: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Great Britain)

Type: Polity

Start: 1858 AD

End: 1955 AD

Nation: cocos islands

Parent: great britain

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Icon Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Great Britain)

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Two isolated atolls in the Indian ocean. The islands were annexed by the British Empire in 1857.

Establishment


  • January 1858: The Cocos islands were annexed by the British Empire in 1857.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • November 1955: The Cocos islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to the Commonwealth of Australia.

  • Disestablishment


  • November 1955: The Cocos islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to the Commonwealth of Australia.
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