Australia plans ‘long-term managed retreat’ from Cocos Islands
- Posted on February 10, 2025
- By South China Morning Post
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Australia plans ‘long-term managed retreat’ from Cocos Islands
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Many of the islands’ residents are descendants of Malay workers brought there to work in coconut plantations in the 1830s.