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
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
Indigenous Australians
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Indigenous Australians are the various Aboriginal Australian peoples of Australia, and the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. The terms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peop
Torres Strait Islanders
…of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal peoples of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped with them as Indigenous Australians. Today, many more Torres Strait Islander people live in mainland Australia than on the islands. Five distinct peoples exist within the broader designation…
A group of Aboriginal men in possum-skin cloaks (c. 1858) in Victoria
Men and boys playing a game of gorri, 1922
A 1960 photograph of native inhabitants of Murray Island.