The date probably gives away why the island is called Christmas. Even though it is an Australian territory, Christmas Island exists geographically closer to Java of Indonesia than to Australia.

It might surprise some, but the Australian territory of Christmas Island has a long Chinese history. Image: A Christmas Island Chinese grave (R Emery SBS) It began in the late 1800s with phosphate ...

Two cyclones to the south and a monsoonal trough to the north have exacerbated storm damage which Christmas Island residents ...

With a much more restricted habitat on the remote Australian territory, 2,600 kilometres north-west of Perth, the blue crabs can be easily missed. "On Christmas Island, most of the streams are all ...