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Gaze Road to create a strong streetscape. The presence of semi-detached servants' quarters are also of historic importance and are indicative of the social and economic stratification which prevailed on the island during the colonial period. The residential area is also historically significant as a reminder of the phase of Christmas Island history when the island came under the control of the British Phosphate Commission and the mining industry and the supporting community, underwent substantial expansion. The Services precinct is of social and historic significance. It includes a number of early Chinese terraced houses as well as a range of structures representing each of the various phases of phosphate mining, including one of the oldest structures on the Island. It was also the Island's main meeting place where Asian workers and European staff came together through a common reliance on retail, health, recreational and other services. The precinct contains a number of buildings of special significance to the community and, along with the three cemeteries, strongly reflects the mixed racial origins of the Island.
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The buildings that make up the residential precinct are of architectural significance, relatively intact and display considerable unity in a style derived from the British experience in Singapore/Malaya. This unity combines with consistent garden planting and ornamentation and the linear nexus of
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About a third of the territory's total population of 1,600 lives in Flying Fish Cove, which lies near the north-eastern tip of the island. There is a small
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1.5 km east of the town are also listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List.
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Landslide risk assessment, Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
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Map of Christmas Island showing the location of Flying Fish Cove
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The settlement contains 3 villages apart from itself -
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See page 24, article and photo 431:"Flying Fish Cove (Urban Centres and Localities)" 376:which are commonly listed as separate locations. 1645: 388:, citing the following aspects of significance: 649: 486:"Settlement Christmas Island (Place ID 105315)" 822: 635: 320:) is the capital city and main settlement of 203: 189: 480: 478: 470:Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) 829: 815: 642: 628: 446: 35: 571: 540: 509: 475: 16:Settlement in Christmas Island, Australia 340: 292: 59: 579:"Malay Kampong Group (Place ID 105402)" 1646: 1619:Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute 405:precinct overlooking the town and the 810: 623: 577: 546: 515: 484: 419: 386:Australian Commonwealth Heritage List 1659:Populated places established in 1888 1654:Populated places in Christmas Island 836: 403:Industrial and Administrative Group 13: 606: 14: 1680: 1664:1888 establishments in Australia 384:The settlement is listed on the 58: 51: 852:states with limited recognition 427:Australian Bureau of Statistics 255: 463: 453: 357:. 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Flying Fish Cove is located in Christmas Island
Coordinates
10°25′34″S 105°40′22″E / 10.42611°S 105.67278°E / -10.42611; 105.67278
2016 census
Postcode(s)
LGA(s)
Shire of Christmas Island
Federal division(s)
Lingiari
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Malay

Chinese
Malay
Australia
Christmas Island
Flying-Fish

harbour
yachts
recreational diving
Drumsite
Silver City
Poon Saan

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