Family
Ian Clunies Ross was born in Bathurst, New South Wales on 22 February 1899. His Grandfather, Robert Clunies Ross, was a brother of John Clunies-Ross who settled with his family and crew on Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1826-7 and proclaimed a kingdom.
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