Soon Yau Lee
Madam Soon Yau Lee was born in Douyin, Jiangmen, in Guangzhou, China on 27 August 1930.Madam Lee and her siblings She had two older sisters ...
Christmas Island Sampan
With no native population on Christmas Island when it was discovered, it was a blank canvas ...
Christmas Island Youth
There are schools near the ocean in mainland Australia – with the bulk of its population on the ...
Diving on CI
Christmas Island is best known for the beauty of its tropical jungles and caves, an abundance of bird ...
Fishing on CI
From the earliest days of its settlement, fishing has been an essential part of life on Christmas Island. With a ...
Ma ChoyChan
For Ma ChoyChan, her connection to Christmas Island is built on hard work.Although she was born on Christmas Island in 1957, she owes her upbringing ...
Jude De Cruz
The broad outlines of Jude De Cruz’s story are shared by many Christmas Islanders of his ...
Ron and Brigitte
It was 1963 and Beatlemania was sweeping across Europe.It was a banner year in world history – US President John ...
Norazian Abdul-Halim
It’s 3:45am on Christmas Island, dawn hasn’t yet broken and 37-year-old Norazian Abdul-Halim ...
Suzane Chan
Dancing isn’t just a hobby for Suzane Chan, it’s her way of connecting Christmas Islanders to ...
Patrick Chan
The seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the “Ghost month” and the fifteenth day is the ...
Ian Francis
When Ian Francis first decided to move to Christmas Island in 2004, he only ever imagined it would be for a short ...
Zaini Ahmad
Looking out over Flying Fish Cove on Christmas Island is one of the most visible remnants of the isolated ...
Eric Chong
Leaving Christmas Island only to eventually return is something of a family tradition for Eric Chong.It’s a cycle that has persisted across ...
Tuang Kheng Meng and Wan Kan Ho
One of the most fascinating chapters in World War II happened not far from Australian shores on an Island that would one day become an Australian ...
Clive Brown
When Clive Brown first got the call to help save Christmas Island, he was simply doing his job, but his experience with the Islanders sparked a ...
Paul McCallum
Thirty years ago in 1991, Paul ‘Maca’ McCallum first set foot on Christmas Island.Born in the North East of England, Paul was a rigger ...
Choy Lan
Christmas Island will always be in Choy Lan Seet’s heart and soul as she continues to tell the story of the islanders and how far they’ve ...
Vicky and Choy Foong Ong
Christmas Island has been home for sisters Vicky and Choy Foong Ong since they arrived as teenagers in 1985.The Ong family, which includes four ...
Vanessa Goh
When Vanessa Goh decided to start a family, there was no question of doing so anywhere other than Christmas Island.The 32-year-old is the first ...
Zainal Majid
Zainal Majid, 62, is one of many Christmas Island locals who is willing to fight for the future of his Island. A ...
Mark Rochfort
Mark Rochfort arrived on Christmas Island from Perth in 1984 as a 21-year-old with one bag and the intention of staying for two weeks. Now, 36 years ...
Andrew Hill
For Range to Reef’s environment director, Dr Andrew Hill, the magic of Christmas Island lies in its fascinating tropical environments and ...
The Bennetts
Mark Bennett and his wife Vanessa have a goal for Christmas Island – that it can one day not only grow enough ...
Kamar Ismail
The Christmas Island of today is almost unrecognisable from what it was like in the 1960s of Kamar Ismail’s youth ...
Lai Ah Hong
Lai Ah Hong started his Christmas Island journey sleeping on a wooden bed frame, with no mattress, in a ...
Cindy Eng
Christmas Island grocery store owner Cindy Eng gets no pleasure from charging her customers almost $12 for an iceberg ...
Khaliesha & Khairin Amin
With no people indigenous to Christmas Island, every human living there is either a migrant or descended from one. But ...