CESA Discussion Paper #66

Christmas Island

In 1973 Christmas Island was one of many offshore locations of CESA Examinations. In fact, in that year there almost 1,000 CESA examinations overseas and about 2,000 in Australia for Basic and Advanced Level Diplomas in Accountancy and Management.
                “Christmas Island lies in the eastern portion of the Indian Ocean, 890 miles from Singapore and 1,408 miles from Fremantle, Western Australia.         The island was discovered and named by the captain of an East India Company ship in 1643. The first recorded landing was by Dampier’s crew in 1688. The island was uninhabited until late in the nineteenth century. In 1888 it was annexed by H.M.S. Imperieuse and placed under supervision of the Straits Settlement Government.

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