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    Stephens Island, called Ugar in the local Meriam language, lies in the eastern group of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago of Queensland, Australia...
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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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    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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    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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  • The Torres Strait Island Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering part of the Torres Strait Islands. It was created...
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  • Stephens Island or Stephen Island may refer to: Stephen Island, Antarctica Stephen Island (Torres Strait), Queensland, Australia, also known as Ugar Stephens...
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  • inhabited, located in Torres Strait which separates Australia and Papua New Guinea. Each island community elects a member to the Torres Strait Regional Authority...
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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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    (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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    (Darnley Island), and Ugar (Stephens Island) in the eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. In the Western Torres Strait language, Kalaw Lagaw Ya,...
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    Meriam people (category Torres Strait Islanders)
    number of inner eastern Torres Strait Islands including Mer or Murray Island, Ugar or Stephen Island and Erub or Darnley Island. The Meriam people are...
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  • 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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  • its importance as a breeding site for terns. Stephens Island (Torres Strait) "IBA: South Barnard Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 12 October...
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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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  • Joseph Lui (category Culture of the Torres Strait Islands)
    mission lugger the Torres Herald I. He was also an interpreter for the mission, as he understood all the dialects of the Torres Strait Islands. He trained for...
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  • Karragarra Island Saibai Island, in the Torres Strait Stephens Island Struck Island Sunday Island Sunter Island Sweers Island Talbot Islands Tern Island Thomson...
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    The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, also known as the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the First Nations Voice or simply the Voice, was a...
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  • Poey Passi (category Culture of the Torres Strait Islands)
    Missionary Badu Island 1939–1941, Missionary in the Torres Strait 1941–1952, Priest in Charge Murray Island 1942-1952 and Priest in Charge Torres Strait 1952–1954...
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  • Island is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. It consists of a single island, Stephens Island in the Torres...
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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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  • The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS)...
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    Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (category Culture of the Torres Strait Islands)
    Torres Strait island of Darnley Island in an event known as "The coming of the Light" leading to the conversion to Christianity of much of the Torres...
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  • Thumbnail for Duncan Islands
    The Duncan Islands are a group of islands in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, northwest of the Bramble Channel of Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia...
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    Bamaga (category Torres Strait Islands communities)
    established after World War II by people from Saibai Island in Torres Strait, after Saibai Island was devastated by abnormally high tides. It is named...
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    referendum held on 14 October 2023 in which the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice was rejected. Voters were asked to approve an alteration...
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  • annexation of the Torres Strait Islands by the colony of Queensland in the 1870s. As of 2020[update], Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights...
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    the Torres Strait Islands. It is named after British navigator James Cook, who charted the coast and landed on Possession Island – one of the Torres Strait...
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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Ugar Island, census locality in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Stephen Island (Torres Strait) or Ugar, Queensland, Australia...
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  • Thumbnail for Strait of Magellan
    The Strait of Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland...
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  • Thumbnail for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984
    The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth), is an Act passed by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to enable...
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