North Keeling

Yeah, that's crazy.

So it is in Australia? Well, in 1988, a single vagrant bird turned up in North Keeling Island, which is a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.

Probably, I mean, closer to Indonesia than it is to Australia.

And it probably came from India or Sri Lanka.

A fire and exploding ammunition on board silenced the Emden's guns.

Captain Muller limped to North Keeling Island nearby where he beached his ship on a reef.

Signal books were burnt, breech blocks and firing mechanisms from the guns rendered unusable or ditched in the sea.

Muller then surrendered the ship.