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...

Sir William Ian Clunies Ross CMG FAA (22 February 1899 – 20 June 1959) was an Australian veterinary scientist. He has been described as the "architect"...

Scotland in the first international rugby match in 1871. Clunies-Ross, a Cocos Malay from a Scots family, was the first non-white rugby union international...

and renovated by John Cecil Clunies-Ross senior in 1980–1981. The family lived there until the departure of J. C. Clunies-Ross in 1985. He was declared bankrupt...

copra plantation. The Clunies-Ross family ruled the islands as a private fiefdom for almost 150 years, with the head of the family usually recognised as...

non-European labour which gave the Clunies Ross family great power. He established a contractual arrangement between his family and the Malay and later Banlamese...

European labour which gave the Clunies-Ross family great power. He established a contractual arrangement between his family and the Malay and later Bantamese...

non-European labour which gave the Clunies Ross family great power. He established a contractual arrangement between his family and the Malay and later Bantamese...

Cemetery contains graves of Clunies Ross family members and is significant for its association with the Clunies Ross family settlement on the Cocos Keeling...

slaves there." In 1827 John Clunies-Ross changed the lives of the Malay slaves when he settled the Islands with his family. The existing Malays and a large...

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...

(Keeling) Islands (which were settled and once owned by the Scottish Clunies-Ross family) and Christmas Island, formerly attached to Ceylon, were transferred...

The Ayesha owned by Clunies-Ross of Cocos Keeling Islands was a wooden topsail schooner, which was commandeered by a landing party of the German light...

control of the Clunies-Ross family, who had founded a settlement on the islands in 1827 and held power since 1831, with the head of the family becoming known...

Cocos Malays are descendants of native Indonesians brought by the Clunies-Ross family to work in the copra industry in the 19th century. According Interior...

"Finland and Kvenland". The principal study of this figure is by Margaret Clunies Ross. The etymology of the Old Norse name Fornjótr remains unclear. It is...

the northeastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet honours the Clunies-Ross family which established the Flying Fish Cove settlement on Christmas Island...

small lagoon in the interior of the island to the northeast. The Clunies-Ross Family kept deer on the island for hunting. In 1941, during World War II...

2019. From the 19th century onwards, the islands were owned by the Clunies-Ross family, and in 1886 were granted to them in perpetuity by Queen Victoria...

well as the early history of the islands and their ownership by the Clunies-Ross family. The museum also includes displays on military and naval history...

includes evidence of each phase of settlement on the island. The site of Clunies-Ross' original plantation settlement has been the subject of intensive redevelopment...

first international match in 1871. Clunies-Ross was half-Malayan; a Cocos Malay. The Clunies-Ross family were Scots from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands;...

the frill collar because textiles and clothes were brought by the Clunies-Ross family during the early 19th century. By the mid-19th century, wearing an...

that it was purchasing the Cocos Islands from their owner, John Clunies-Ross, whose family had been granted private ownership of the 27 Indian Ocean atolls...

in the same year, amid disputes with the Clunies-Ross family over the management of the Islands, the family sold 150 hectares (370 acres) to the Australian...

first international match in 1871. Clunies-Ross was half-Malayan; a Cocos Malays. The Clunies-Ross family were Scots from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands;...

islands. These included Australia's need to obtain permission from the Clunies-Ross family who were the original land owners of the island because the British...

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Union. Queen Victoria grants the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies Ross family. November – Arsenal wins the Melbourne Cup England defeats Australia...

descent from the original planation workers brought to the island by John Clunies-Ross. During much of their habitation, the islands were isolated, leading...