Bourke Isles
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The Bourke Isles are a 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 part of the state of Quee
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Torres Strait Islanders
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Torres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous Melanesian peoples of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal peoples of the
Bourke Isles
…August 1834. It turned out that most of the crew and passengers who had survived the wreck and sailed on rafts to the Torres Strait, had been killed by Torres Strait Islanders from Mer, but a cabin boy and infant boy had been spared and lived with the Mer people for two years. The two survivors were rescued by Captain Lewis…
Geographical distribution of people with Torres Strait Islander Indigenous status
Geographical distribution of people with both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous status
Geographical distribution of people with Torres Strait Islander ancestry
Indigenous Status of population in localities with significant share of Torres Strait islander population