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'''Cocos (Keeling) Islands''' is made up of There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the [[United Kingdom]] in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the [[Australia]]n Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island.
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'''Cocos (Keeling) Islands''' is made up of 27 coral islands. Captain William Keeling discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the Clunie-Ross family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the [[United Kingdom]] in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the [[Australia]]n Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island.
    
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