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Aaron Fa'aoso
Aaron Fa'aoso is an Australian television and film actor.
Aaron Fa'aoso is an Australian television and film actor.
Bamaga, Queensland
Bamaga, Australian English is a town near the northern tip of Cape York in the north of Queensland, Australia.
Bamaga, Australian English is a town near the northern tip of Cape York in the north of Queensland, Australia.
Danny Morseu
Danny Morseu is an Australian basketball player who played on the Australian national basketball team in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.
Danny Morseu is an Australian basketball player who played on the Australian national basketball team in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.
Eddie Mabo
Eddie Koiki Mabo (c.
Eddie Koiki Mabo (c.
Ellen Jose
Ellen Jose, born in 1951 in Cairns, is a Torres Strait Islander descendant from Murray, Darnley and Horn Islands.
Ellen Jose, born in 1951 in Cairns, is a Torres Strait Islander descendant from Murray, Darnley and Horn Islands.
Endeavour Strait
The Endeavour Strait is a strait running between the Australian mainland and Prince of Wales Island, in the extreme south of the Torres Strait.
The Endeavour Strait is a strait running between the Australian mainland and Prince of Wales Island, in the extreme south of the Torres Strait.
Horn Island, Queensland
Horn Island is an island in the Torres Strait, in Queensland's north between the Australian mainland and Papua New Guinea.
Horn Island is an island in the Torres Strait, in Queensland's north between the Australian mainland and Papua New Guinea.
Indigenous Australian music
Australian indigenous music includes the music of Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates a variety of distinctiv...
Australian indigenous music includes the music of Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates a variety of distinctiv...
Kala Lagaw Ya
Kala Lagaw Ya (correctly Kalaw Lagaw Ya back/west+gen place+gen speech
Several other names; see below) is a language belonging to all the western and central Torres Strait Islands, Quee...
Kala Lagaw Ya (correctly Kalaw Lagaw Ya back/west+gen place+gen speech
Several other names; see below) is a language belonging to all the western and central Torres Strait Islands, Quee...
Kalaw Lagaw Ya
Kala Lagaw Ya (correctly Kalaw Lagaw Ya back/west+gen place+gen speech
Several other names; see below) is a language belonging to all the western and central Torres Strait Islands, Quee...
Kala Lagaw Ya (correctly Kalaw Lagaw Ya back/west+gen place+gen speech
Several other names; see below) is a language belonging to all the western and central Torres Strait Islands, Quee...
Mabo v Queensland (No 1)
Mabo v Queensland was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 8 December 1988.
Mabo v Queensland was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 8 December 1988.
Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
Mabo v Queensland was a landmark High Court of Australia decision recognising native title in Australia for the first time.
Mabo v Queensland was a landmark High Court of Australia decision recognising native title in Australia for the first time.
Mabuiag people
The people of "Mabuiag Island", the Mabuygilgal (in the Torres Strait) are one of the Melanesian Torres Strait Islander populations.
The people of "Mabuiag Island", the Mabuygilgal (in the Torres Strait) are one of the Melanesian Torres Strait Islander populations.
Meriam language
Meriam is the language of the people of Mer, Waier and Dauar, Erub and Ugar in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia.
Meriam is the language of the people of Mer, Waier and Dauar, Erub and Ugar in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia.
Meriam people
Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia, is home to the Meriam people.
Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia, is home to the Meriam people.
Murray Island, Queensland
Murray Island is a small island of volcanic origin, populated by the Melanesian Meriam people and situated in the eastern section of Torres Strait, near the Great Barrier Reef.
Murray Island is a small island of volcanic origin, populated by the Melanesian Meriam people and situated in the eastern section of Torres Strait, near the Great Barrier Reef.
Seaman Dan
Henry Gibson "Seaman" Dan, known universally as Seaman Dan, is a Torres Strait Islander singer-songwriter with a national and international reputation whose first recording was released in...
Henry Gibson "Seaman" Dan, known universally as Seaman Dan, is a Torres Strait Islander singer-songwriter with a national and international reputation whose first recording was released in...
Seisia, Queensland
Seisia is an area north of New Mapoon and west of Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
Seisia is an area north of New Mapoon and west of Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
Taba naba
Taba Naba is a children's song originating in the Torres Strait Islands just north of the continent of Australia.
Taba Naba is a children's song originating in the Torres Strait Islands just north of the continent of Australia.
Thursday Island, Queensland
Thursday Island, also known as TI or Waiben, is the administrative and commercial centre of the Torres Strait Islands.
Thursday Island, also known as TI or Waiben, is the administrative and commercial centre of the Torres Strait Islands.
Torres Strait
The Torres Strait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.
The Torres Strait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.
Torres Strait Creole
Torres Strait Creole (also Torres Strait Pidgin, Yumplatok, Torres Strait Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Papuan Pidgin English, Broken English, Brokan/Broken, Blaikman, Big ...
Torres Strait Creole (also Torres Strait Pidgin, Yumplatok, Torres Strait Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Papuan Pidgin English, Broken English, Brokan/Broken, Blaikman, Big ...
Torres Strait English
Torres Strait English (called by its speakers T.I. English) is a dialect of the English language spoken by the people of various backgrounds (indigneous Torres Strait, Malay, Filipino, Eu...
Torres Strait English (called by its speakers T.I. English) is a dialect of the English language spoken by the people of various backgrounds (indigneous Torres Strait, Malay, Filipino, Eu...
Torres Strait Islander Flag
The Torres Strait Islander flag is an official flag of Australia, and is the flag that represents Torres Strait Islander people.
The Torres Strait Islander flag is an official flag of Australia, and is the flag that represents Torres Strait Islander people.
Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia.
Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia.
Torres Strait Islands
The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of...
The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of...