Torres Strait Islanders (/ˈtɒrɪs/ TORR-iss) are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland...
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The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's...
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GPX (secondary coordinates) The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait between Queensland, Australia and...
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south-east coast. This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands. The language of Badu is Kala Lagaw Ya. The Mura Badulgal (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation...
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Yam Island, called Yama or Iama in the Kulkalgau Ya language or Turtle-backed Island in English, is an island of the Bourke Isles group of the Torres Strait...
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coordinates) Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago...
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Island (also known as Mer Island or Maer Island) in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. The island is part of the Murray Island Group...
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Turtle Island is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, east of Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland...
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Torres Strait Creole (Torres Strait Creole: Yumplatok), also known as Torres Strait Pidgin, Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Kriol, Papuan...
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(secondary coordinates) Masig Island is an island (also known as Yorke Island) and locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia...
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Coconut Island, Poruma Island, or Puruma in the local language, is an island in the Great North East Channel near Cumberland Passage, Torres Strait, Queensland...
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Islands.[citation needed] Queensland portal Islands portal List of Torres Strait Islands "Crab Island (Moent) – island in Northern Peninsula Area Region (entry...
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The Torres Strait Regional Authority is an Australian Government body established in 1994 to administer the Torres Strait Islands. It consists of 20 elected...
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group of islands in the Southern Philippines Turtle Island (Newcastle Bay), in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, Australia Turtle Island Resort, on...
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Turtle Head Island is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, east of Cape York Peninsula, in...
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Bourke Isles (redirect from Aureed Island, Torres Strait)
group of islands and islets in the archipelago known as the Torres Strait Islands, located west of the Cumberland Passage in the Torres Strait, and are...
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Gebar is an uninhabited island in the Torres Strait in the Australian state of Queensland. The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish...
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Island, Torres Strait. The protected area and island are the most north westerly of the Torres Strait Islands located in the water of Torres Strait,...
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Indigenous Australians (redirect from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
the Aboriginal Australians of the mainland and many islands, including Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islanders of the seas between Queensland and Papua...
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Sue Islet (Queensland) (redirect from Sue Islet, Torres Strait)
Sue Island), also known as Warraber, is the middle islet of The Three Sisters, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. This island is one of the Torres Strait...
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Bramble Cay (category Torres Strait Islands)
and the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland and at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Lying around 50 km (31 mi) north of Erub Island in the Gulf...
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Shire of Torres is a local government area located in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering large sections of the Torres Strait Islands and the northern...
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Torres Strait in the north. The main nesting sites in this range are the southern Great Barrier Reef, Wild Duck, and Curtis Island. The Torres Strait...
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Kibu (redirect from Kibu Island)
In the mythology of the Western and Central Torres Strait Islanders, Kibukuth "Horizon's End" (abbreviated form Kibu) is the mythical land of the ancestoral...
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Kalaw Lagaw Ya (redirect from Western-central Torres Strait Language)
Western Torres Strait language (also several other names, see below) is the language indigenous to the central and western Torres Strait Islands, Queensland...
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Islet Thorpe Island Three Islands The Three Sisters Sue Islet Torres Strait Islands Trochus Island Turtle Group Watson Island Wellesley Islands North Wellesley...
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Indigenous Australian art includes art made by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, including collaborations with others. It includes works in...
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green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family...
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been made to farm sea turtles. Only one of them, in Cayman Islands, continues to operate. The one in Australia's Torres Strait Islands folded after a few...
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Christine Anu (category Culture of the Torres Strait Islands)
and actress of Torres Strait Islander origin. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song "My Island Home" in 1995. Anu...
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