Battle of Cocos Commemorated. By Joseph R. Fonseca. November 9, 2014 . The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, His Excellency Dr Christoph Müller ...

The Cocos and Keeling Islands float at the far edge of Australia's imagination, way out in the Indian Ocean, halfway to Sri Lanka. It seems a place you'd want to escape to , rather than from .

Two hundred people gather in the Cocos Islands to remember the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy's first victory at sea - HMAS Sydney's destruction of the German cruiser SMS Emden in 1914.

The Battle of the Cocos Islands. IN Part 6 of our Centenary Milestones series, we look at the Battle of the Cocos Islands and the dramatic tale told from both perspectives.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Grafton. Followed categories will be added to My News. As the convoy was within about 80km of the Cocos Islands and had passed the night in a dark, relative ...

The story of the 100-year-old battle of the Cocos Islands between Germany and Australia's Royal Australian Navy is being told in an exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum.

On the centenary today of the sinking of the German warship SMS Emden by the light cruiser HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove will praise Australia's ...

They are just a few tiny dots on the map half way between the North West and the rest of the world.

Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney took down German warship SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos on the 9th of November 1914, marking Australia's first ever Naval Victory.

The story of the 100-year-old battle of the Cocos Islands between Germany and Australia's Royal Australian Navy is being told in an exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum.