Torres Strait Islands
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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 Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Gu
Trading canoe at Erub (Darnley Island), c. 1849
The township of Thursday Island
Hammond Island, Torres Strait
Languages used at home by Torres Strait Islanders in localities with significant share of Torres Strait islander population.
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
Torres Strait Islands
…Guinea. They span an area of 48,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), but their total land area is 566 km2 (219 sq mi). The Islands are inhabited by the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders. Lieutenant James Cook first claimed British sovereignty over the eastern part of Australia at Possession Island in 1770, but British administrative…
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