Coordinates: 10°26′00.65″S 105°40′59.79″E / 10.4335139°S 105.6832750°E / -10.4335139; 105.6832750

Silver City, Christmas Island

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Map of Christmas Island with marked Silver City

Silver City is a settlement within the village of Flying Fish Cove in Christmas Island, Australia. In the population there are Chinese, European[1] and a minority of Malays. The settlement was founded in the 1970s, and the houses were built with aluminum and other metals with the intention of being able to withstand cyclones.[2] In the settlement there are large houses built in the contemporary Australian style.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Simone Dennis (2008). Christmas Island: An anthropological study. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-510-9.
  2. Island Life - Christmas Island - About

10°26′00.65″S 105°40′59.79″E / 10.4335139°S 105.6832750°E / -10.4335139; 105.6832750