Jump to Local (shire) level government - ... several islands and portions of Cape York Peninsula and operates as a Queensland local government area.
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Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the ...
Torres Strait Islands, island group in the Torres Strait, north of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, and south of the island of New Guinea. The group ...
Torres Strait Islander peoples, one of Australia's two distinct Indigenous cultural ... Kawa (Deliverance Island), Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia.
Torres Strait Cultural Festival, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland ... The Torres Strait Islands sit between Australia and the rest of the world, so have long played a ...
Aug 24, 2015 - Australia's Prime Minister is this week running his government from one of the ... estimated 42,000 living outside the islands, mostly in north Queensland. ... For many Australians, the Torres Strait Islands are best known as the ...
Five clusters of emerald isles crown Australia's most northerly point. ... From Horn Island, jump aboard a helicopter for an aerial view of the Torres Strait Islands. Heli Tours North Queensland offers half-hour tours that take in Horn, Thursday ...
Clustered above Cape York, the virtually untouched 274 Torres Strait Islands, ... Rich with Aboriginal culture and Australian pioneering history, Cape York is an ...
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The Torres Strait Islands were annexed in 1879 by Queensland, becoming part of ... After 1901, the Islands became part of the Australian State of Queensland, ...
It is the waterway separating far northern Australia (Cape York Peninsula) and New ... The Torres Strait Islands are a group of about 274 small islands, distributed ... In 1879 Queensland annexed the islands which put them under the control of ...
Jump to :: Government - The Torres Strait Islands are part of the Australian state of Queensland. The administrative centre for the territory is based on ...
Thursday and Horn Islands are the most visited of the remote Torres Strait Islands , Australia's most northerly frontier. The archipelago consists of more than 100 ...
Australia: As the Great Barrier Reef shrinks, Torres Strait Islanders have ... Torres Strait Islanders have lived on the islands north of Queensland for at least 10,000 ... on the Torres Strait Islands just 3.1 per cent are owned outright and the large ...
Mar 21, 2018 - In June 1879, the Queensland Government passed the Queensland Coast Islands Act, allowing it to claim the outer Torres Strait Islands ...
The Torres Strait Islands, a region of the Australian state of Queensland ... The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands that lie in Torres ...
Torres Strait Islands Collection ... It highlights collection items already on the National Library of Australia's .... [Pearl shell sorter, Thursday Island, Queensland ]
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Permanently inhabited Torres Strait Islands. TRADITIONAL ..... Aboriginal people of Queensland under government protection and control. A local Protector was ...
Latest news and comment about the Torres Strait Islands from the Guardian. ... Tropical cyclone warning as far north Queensland braces for stormy start to 2019.
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). Torres Straits Seafood Pty Ltd. Food & Beverage Company. History of the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia.
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which was Queensland's 1883 attempted annexation of New Guinea.1 This in ... Torres Strait Islands is part of the process he calls Australian 'sub-imperialism'.3.
Torres Strait Islands - Tropical North Queensland Holiday Destination. The Torres Strait Islands are comprised of 274 small islands north of Cape York but south ...
Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. ... Torres Strait, between Cape York in Queensland and Papua New Guinea. ... The Torres Strait Islands are a group of about 274 small islands distributed ...
Dec 8, 2010 - We descript ten cases that occurred in the Torres Strait islands of northern Australia during 2000 and 2001. Preceding heavy rain may have ...
An innovative nurse education program in the Torres Strait ...
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An innovative nurse education program in the Torres Strait Islands. ... Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia. kim.usher@jcu.edu.au.Sydney Airport (SYD) to Torres Strait Islands via train, plane ...
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In 1879, the Torres Strait Islands were annexed by Queensland, then a British colony. In 1901, after the federation of Australia, they were incorporated under the ...
Jump to ]. Anna Shnukal, 'Torres Strait Islanders' in Maximilian Brandle ... - 2.108 The Torres Strait Islands, now part of Queensland, consist of 18 island ...
Aug 24, 2015 - Australia's Prime Minister is this week running his government from one of the ... estimated 42,000 living outside the islands, mostly in north Queensland. ... For many Australians, the Torres Strait Islands are best known as the ...
Sep 2, 2017 - Art in the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland ... Torres Strait Islander artists, including those living on mainland Australia, embrace the beauty of ...
Aug 28, 2008 - The Torres Strait Islands,. Queensland, Australia. An Accompaniment to Land Zone,. Vegetation Community and. Regional Ecosystem Maps.
Sep 11, 2018 - These people were most likely to be in the rest of Australia or other islands in ... section is only available for the Torres Strait Islands which excludes the ... who had moved to the islands from Queensland had come from Cairns.
Torres Strait Islanders are from the Torres Strait Islands region. ... Two communities, Seisia and Bamaga, sit on the Queensland coast as part of the Northern ...
Crime and colonisation in Australia's Torres Strait Islands ...
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Aug 21, 2019 - Here, we examine and compare reported crime trends in the Torres Straits with those in Queensland's remote Aboriginal communities and ...
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Terrestrial vertebrate richness of the inhabited Torres Strait Islands, Australia .... hydrocharis from Torres Strait, Queensland: a new bird for Australian territory.
Apr 22, 2019 - Around the Torres Strait Islands in Australia, sea levels are rising higher ... community live outside the area, mostly in the north of Queensland.
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May 21, 2007 - Diabetes in the Torres Strait Islands of Australia: better clinical ... Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Health Service District in Queensland from ...
Queensland established a northern government centre at Somerset on Cape York ... 900 metres, is the largest and most northerly of the Torres Strait islands.
Torres Strait Islands Reefs Poster 2014 ... communities in Torres Strait made available by the Queensland Government and the Torres Strait Regional Authority.
May 5, 2018 - Torres Strait Islander people from the islands between Australia and Papua New Guinea ..... Reserves: Queensland Torres Strait Islands.
Cultural and historical research program at Queensland Museum. ... The acceptance of the missionaries and Christianity into the Torres Strait Islands is often ... of all faiths celebrate the Coming of the Light in a festival like no other in Australia.
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of mainland Australia and the southwest coast of Papua New Guinea, is only a ..... Efforts towards annexation of all Torres Strait islands by Queensland were ...Hourly forecast for Torres Strait Islands, Queensland (Australia)
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... 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 Meteogram for Torres Strait Islands, Queensland (Australia) Next 48 hours. The blue bars show max and min values for precipitation per hour.
Melioidosis in the Torres Strait Islands of Far North Queensland ... The disease is endemic in northern Australia and South-East Asia,1 where it is a significant ...
She travelled to the Torres Strait Islands with Aboriginal poet, Kath Walker ( Oodgeroo Noonuccal) at the request of the Queensland Government. Margaret ...
May 12, 2019 - Eight islanders from four different Torres Strait islands are making the ... off the northern tip of Queensland, Australia, between the Australian ...
May 12, 2019 - The Torres Strait Islands are located between the northern tip of Queensland, Australia and the southern edge of Papua New Guinea. Climate ...
Jul 25, 2018 - Queensland Government coat of arms. Queensland Curriculum .... Seasons and stars in the Torres Strait Islands. The sea-faring cultures of the ...
The Torres Strait Islands are located in the Diocese of Cairns which is home to ... part of Queensland, a constituent State of the Commonwealth of Australia, with ...
Torres Strait Island local government area ... map tile below or download the data via the Queensland Government Information Service. .... Torres Strait Islands ...
% total Qld: 0.0%
Total area: 477.7 km²
Their Islands Are Being Eroded. So Are Their Human Rights ...
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May 12, 2019 - Indigenous Australians from low-lying islands in the Torres Strait argue that ... australia. QUEENSLAND. 300 MileS. By The New York Times ... that might save the Torres Strait Islands, which have a population of about 4,500, ...
Torres Strait islands are a potential pathway for the movement of exotic pests, weeds and diseases present in countries very close to Australia—the closest ...
May 26, 2019 - Torres Strait Islanders argue the government has violated their rights to culture, family and life. ... Kristen Lyons, The University of Queensland .... Some Torres Strait Islands are less than one metre above sea level and are ...
The Torres Strait Islands are situated off the Cape York Peninsula and form part of the State of Queensland, Australia. More than 100 islands make up the Torres ...
The Torres Strait Islands Are a group of islands between the Australian ... Earth : Oceania : Australia : Queensland : Far North Queensland : Torres Strait Islands.
We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at Australia's First ... in communities across Queensland, from the Torres Strait Islands to Cherbourg.
There are two Indigenous groups in Australia: Aboriginal people and Torres ... region are situated along the Queensland coast from the Torres Strait Islands in ...
Nov 18, 2019 - Rent from people in Torres Strait Islands, Australia from $20/night. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Belong anywhere ...
Jul 8, 2008 - Act binds Queensland and Australia. .... a community of persons who are descendants of indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands).
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and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia .... the mainland Torres Strait Island population lives in Queensland and the Northern. Territory.
State Library of Queensland creatively linking Queenslanders to information, ... There are two traditional people of Australia; The Aboriginal People and ... There are two traditional languages of the Torres Strait Islands, Miriam Mir and Kalau.
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The Torres Strait Islands are distributed across an area of some 48,000km² with ... an entirely new local council governed under the Local Government Act (Qld).
Torres Strait Islands part of Queensland. The permanent ... In 1904 the Queensland Government decided ... The Queensland Government did make some.
Scrub typhus in the Torres Strait islands of north Queensland ...
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... Thompson, Robert E., and Holt, Peter (2003) Scrub typhus in the Torres Strait islands of north Queensland, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9 (4). pp.
Find torres strait islands stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock ... Beautiful view from Thursday Island Torres Straits, Queensland Australia.
Oct 3, 2019 - The homepage for the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service.
(PDF) Terrestrial vertebrate richness of the inhabited Torres ...
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Terrestrial vertebrate richness of the inhabited Torres Strait Islands, Australia. Article (PDF ..... records and sightings documented by Queensland government.
The Murray Island Group is three Torres Strait islands, Mer (also referred to as ... The Queensland Government purchased several portions of land in 1913 for.
The artists of the Torres Strait Islands between Australia and New Guinea have a distinctive ... Geography: Australia, Erub Island, Queensland, Torres Strait.
Tanu Nona (c.1902-1980), pearler and Torres Strait Islands councillor, was ... the notice of the Queensland government's Aboriginal Department (Department of ...
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two of the world's largest islands, Australia and New Guinea. Torres .... had no jurisdiction over the Torres Strait islands as Queensland control only ran as far as
Apr 8, 2019 - Livelihood futures in the Torres Strait Islands ..... and the Queensland Government's Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and ...
May 13, 2019 - Eight islanders from four different Torres Strait islands are making the ... off the northern tip of Queensland, Australia, between the Australian ...
Nov 16, 2009 - Queensland Government Submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, ... Approximately 7,000 people live on the Torres Strait Islands, with 50 ...
The Torres Strait is Australia's northern-most frontier, stretching from the tip of Queensland to the ... KLY is the traditional language owned by the people of the Western and Central Torres Strait Islands, it is inherently related to the Australian ...
The Torres Strait, like many mainland Indigenous Australian cultures, is traditionally an ... Meer Island, Queensland, c.1928, National Library of Australia PIC/11204/217 ... The art from the Torres Strait Islands is stylistically distinct from that of ...
Jan 31, 2019 - Aboriginal Australians could be the oldest population of humans living outside of Africa, ... peoples, who descend from residents of the Torres Strait Islands, a group of islands that is part of modern-day Queensland, Australia.
Sep 29, 2016 - The Torres Strait Islands had a population of 4,248 in the 2011 Census. 2. ... Snr of Thursday Island and became an official Australian flag in 1995. 5. .... More than 350 Koalas predicted to have died in NSW and QLD bushfires.
Mar 28, 2011 - Explore the Unknown On The Torres Strait Islands. ... Australian (in fact, many Torres Strait Islands are considered to be part of Queensland), ...
Torres Strait search for family of five after child's body and ...
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Aug 3, 2019 - ... of their original destination in the Torres Strait Islands, on Friday afternoon. ... A statement by Queensland Police said a rescue operation was ...
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We descript ten cases that occurred in the Torres Strait islands of northern Australia during 2000 and 2001. Preceding heavy rain may have contributed to the ...
Results 1 - 12 of 1360 - Cool Australia and Bunya Productions would like to acknowledge the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Queensland and The ...
Jun 10, 2016 - A tuberculosis epidemic is on Australia's doorstep. ... context for Australia, the distance between Cape York in the far north of Queensland and PNG ... funded medical services for PNG nationals visiting the Torres Strait Islands.
The Torres Strait Islands represent the northern most part of Australian territory ... Qld Government also jointly fund on a 50/50 basis an infrastructure program for ...
The designs, patterns and stories were taught to Indigenous Australians by the Ancestors and are reinforced and replicated through ritual, ... Torres Strait Islands .
Jul 31, 2019 - Queensland Government ... freight and passenger transport services throughout the Torres Strait Islands and includes an implementation plan.
This free classroom resource is based on the powerful stories shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Encounters exhibition.
Photo: “Island Villas, Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland”. From Review: ... E-mail hotel. 51 John St, Thursday Island, Queensland 4875, Australia .
Mar 20, 2019 - The Yumplatok Language: Torres Strait Islands, Australia ... In 2018, the Queensland Government introduced for the first time Queensland ...
On this expedition of the remote Northern Australian coastline, experience ... of the remote Torres Strait Islands, where unique nature, Indigenous culture and history ... The voyage traverses the Tropical North Queensland coastline and unique ...
Experience Melanesian culture in the Torres Strait Islands ...
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Melanesian, Australia, Queensland, Cape York, Papua New Guinea ... head to the Torres Strait Islands, which are known for their unique blend of Australian and ...
154 Federal Law Review [VOLUME 19 THE TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS: SOME .... of Queensland Paper 1930) 5; and H Bunnester, "Outposts of Australia in the ...
This style of headdress is iconic for the Torres Strait Islands however the spelling of ... Dari or Dhoeri, Meriam, Palm Island, East, Queensland, Australia, 1930s ...
CEQ is a Queensland government statutory body with responsibility for ... Several clusters of islands lie in the Strait, collectively called the Torres Strait Islands.
Feb 14, 2019 - Who are Indigenous Australians header image lighter ... the Torres Strait Islands north of Cape York in Queensland, and Aboriginal people, ...
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