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Cocos (Keeling) Islands status referendum, 1984
A status referendum was held in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on 6 April 1984. All registered voters participated in the vote,〔(Issue on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ), ''Decolonisation'', No 21, December 1984〕 with 88% voting for integration with Australia. The referendum has been described as the "smallest act of self-determination ever conducted".〔Phillip Tahmindjis (Australia, the Cocos Islands and self-determination ), ''Queensland Institute of Technology Law Journal'', p192〕
==Background==
Discovered in 1609 by William Keeling and uninhabited until 1826,〔 the Cocos Islands were administered by the United Kingdom between 1857 and 1955, when they were transferred from the Colony of Singapore to Australia,〔Tahmindjis, p179〕 and given the status of an external territory. However, the islands remained effectively under the control of the Clunies-Ross family,〔 who had founded a settlement on the islands in 1827 and held power since 1831,〔 with the head of the family becoming known as King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. In 1886 Queen Victoria had granted the family possession of the islands in perpetuity.〔(The man who lost a 'coral kingdom' ), BBC News, 7 June 2007〕
In 1974 a United Nations mission to the islands drew attention to the territory's governance arrangements and raised concerns about the denial of basic freedoms to residents. The UN criticised the Australian government for failing to administer the islands properly. As a result, in 1978 the Australian government purchased all lands on the islands except the Clunies-Ross house for $4.75m. A second UN visit in 1980 reported positively on the reforms.〔
Although there was no pressure from the UN to hold a referendum on self-determination due to recognition of the small size of the islands, the Australian government opted to proceed with a referendum.
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