Clunies-Ross family
Original settlers and rulers of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Clunies-Ross family
The Clunies-Ross family were the original settlers of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean. From 1827 to 1978, the family ruled the previously uninhabited islands as a private fiefdom, initially as terra nullius and then later under British (1857–1955) and Australian (1955–1978) sovereignty. The head of the family was usually recognised as the resident magistrate and was sometimes styled as the "King of the Cocos Islands", a title given by the press.
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