| Home Island | |
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| Pushpin Map: | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Archipelago: | South Keeling Islands |
| Area Ha: | 95 |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Territory |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Country Largest City Type: | settlement |
| Country Largest City: | Bantam |
| Country Area M2: | or |
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| Country1 Area M2: | or |
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Home Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean.
It is 95ha in area and contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam, with a population of about 500 Cocos Malay people. Local attractions include a museum covering local culture and traditions, flora and fauna, Australian naval history, and the early owners of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.[1] The Home Island Mosque is one of the busiest places on the island, and the minaret is painted in territorial flag colours of green and gold.[2] [3]
There is also a trail leading to Oceania House, which was the ancestral home of the Clunies-Ross family, the former rulers of the Cocos-Keeling Islands and is over a century old.[4]
Cocos Islands District High School operates a primary education centre on Home Island; most of the staff live on West Island and travel to their jobs on a daily basis. Secondary level students go to the West Island campus.[5]
Home Island contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including: