Soon afterwards , a small settlement was started in Flying Fish Cove by G. Clunies Ross , the owner of the Keeling Islands ( some 900 kilometres to the south west ) to collect timber and supplies for the growing industry on Cocos . Soon afterwards , a small settlement was established in Flying Fish Cove by G. Clunies Ross , the owner of the Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands ( some 900 k to the south west ) to collect timber and supplies for the growing industry on Cocos .