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Its unverified whether the phosphates are guano or not
==History==
==History==
Once upon a time it was quite rich, because of all the mining of [[guano]] that took place, but now that the guano is nearly all gone the island is quite poor. It largely depends on [[Australia]].<ref>CIA World Factbook</ref>
Once upon a time it was quite rich, because of all the mining of [[phosphates]] that took place, but now that the phosphate is nearly all gone the island is quite poor. It largely depends on [[Australia]].<ref>CIA World Factbook</ref>
==References==
==References==