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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Group of uninhabited Australian islands comprising Middle, East, and West Islands (the Ashmores), and Cartier Island, in the Indian Ocean, about 190 km/120 mi off the northwest coast of Australia; area 5 sq km/2 sq mi. They were transferred to the authority of Australia by Britain in 1931. Formerly administered as part of the Northern Territory, they became a separate territory in 1978. West Ashmore has an automated weather station. Ashmore reef was declared a national nature reserve in 1983.



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when the fishing boat carrying 49 people exploded at Ashmore Reef, northwest of Australia, on April 16.
Indonesian people-smugglers jailed in Australia by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
A boat carrying 49 Afghan men, which exploded last week, killing five, was found at Ashmore Reef, 600 kilometres north of Broome, in Australia's north-west.
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The latest boat, carrying 49 people believed to be from Afghanistan, was detected by the Australian navy at Ashmore Reef, between Australia and Indonesia, and was drifting under the watch of the military when the explosion occurred.
Boatpeople deaths pressure Australian asylum policy by Michael Perry / Reuters US Online Report World News
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