Christmas Island Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

(Iffii tai name: Te-rritory of Christmas Island

Type Australian territory

Capital: settlement on Flying Fish Cove (principal settlement)

Legal system,. Australian territory since 10 October 1958; administrator appointed by Governor General of Australia; Supreme Court; legislative, judicial, and administrative system regulated by the Christmas Island Act of 1958

Branches: Advisory Council advises appointed administrator

Government leader: T. F. PATERSON, Administrator

Communists: none

NOTE: The information regarding Christmas Island on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Christmas Island 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Christmas Island 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.