memory
East Point Plantation Remains
Buildings and everyday objects preserve traces of a former Chagossian settlement.
The story behind the place
East Point on Diego Garcia retains plantation buildings, foundations and household or industrial objects. A chapel and cemeteries form other parts of the area's heritage. These material traces must be understood alongside Chagossian lives and the community's removal from the islands, rather than treating the surviving buildings as an empty tropical backdrop.
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Read more from the sources
- East Point Plantation Remains — British Indian Ocean Territory AdministrationBritish Indian Ocean Territory Administration
- East Point Plantation Remains — Virtual Globetrotting contributor Xeba73Virtual Globetrotting contributor Xeba73
- Bancoult judgment — historical removal of ChagossiansHouse of Lords judicial decision
- Chagossian heritage visit February2018BIOT Administration
