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Christmas Island

Annexation of the Island by The British Crown

Wednesday Jun 6, 1888
Christmas Island

Among the rocks obtained and submitted to Murray for examination were many of nearly pure phosphate of lime. This discovery led to annexation of the island by the British Crown on 6 June 1888.


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