Oceania House
A residence built in 1893 by the Clunies-Ross family, the “Kings of the Cocos,” which bears witness to over a century of history of this private kingdom.
Oceania House stands on the southwest coast of Home Island. It was built in 1893 by the Clunies-Ross family using bricks and stone shipped from Scotland. The family ruled the Cocos Islands for about 150 years from 1827 and were known as the “Kings of the Cocos.” The islands were not bought by the Australian government until 1978. The residence is a two-story Victorian-style building with wide verandahs and gardens. It is now a private property and guesthouse, open for visits or overnight stays by reservation, and remnants of the old boundary wall can be seen nearby.
Opening hours
Visits by reservation
Nearby sights
- Home Island
- Home Island Museum (Pulu Cocos Museum)
- Prison Island
- The Rip
- Cossies Beach, Direction Island
- Horsburgh Island
- Trannies Beach
- West Island Settlement