Torres Strait Islands

E123086
archipelago

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of small, culturally distinct islands between northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, inhabited primarily by Indigenous Torres Strait Islander peoples with strong Melanesian ties.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Torres Strait Islands canonical 23
Torres Strait Island Region 4
Torres Strait Islands region 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
administeredBy Torres Shire Council ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
borderWith Papua New Guinea ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ethnoCulturalTiesWith Melanesia ⓘ
hasCapital Thursday Island ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Central Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands ⓘ
Inner Islands ⓘ
Near Western Islands ⓘ
Top Western Islands ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait Islander people
hasIndigenousStatus distinct from Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
hasLargestIsland Thursday Island ⓘ
hasLocalCreole Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
hasLocalLanguage Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Meriam Mir ⓘ
surface form: Meryam Mir
hasMajorIsland Badu Island ⓘ
Boigu Island ⓘ
Darnley Island ⓘ
Horn Island ⓘ
Mabuiag Island ⓘ
Masig Island ⓘ
Murray Island ⓘ
Poruma Island ⓘ
Saibai Island ⓘ
Thursday Island ⓘ
Warraber Island ⓘ
Yam Island ⓘ
hasMarineEnvironment coral reefs ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasRegionalAuthority Torres Strait Regional Authority ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasTraditionalBeliefSystem Zugubal cosmology ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomyActivity fishing ⓘ
marine hunting ⓘ
subsistence gardening ⓘ
locatedBetween Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedIn Torres Strait ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Torres Strait ⓘ
partOf Australia ⓘ
Melanesian cultural area ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
separates Arafura Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melanesia → hasPart → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Cape York Peninsula → borders → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait
New Guinea → hasNearbyIslandGroup → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders → ethnicGroupOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders → indigenousTo → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders → populationConcentratedIn → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
northeastern Australia → contains → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeastern Australia
Far North Queensland → contains → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region (administratively often associated)
51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment → recruitmentArea → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
northern Australia → contains → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Australia
Torres Strait → hasPart → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait → administrativeRegion → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
Anglican Diocese of North Queensland → hasTerritory → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Papuan peoples → primaryRegion → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Possession Island → partOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Kalaw Lagaw Ya → spokenIn → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Torres Strait
Kala Lagaw Ya → region → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Torres Strait
Kala Lagaw Ya → spokenIn → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Mabuyag dialect → region → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
Brokan → spokenIn → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Creole → spokenInRegion → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Zenadh Kes → traditionalNameFor → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islands region
Zenadh Kes → hasAlternativeName → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islands region
Zenadh Kes people → indigenousTo → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Top Western Islands → partOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Top Western Islands → hasCulturalRegion → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait cultural region
Near Western Islands → partOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Near Western Islands → region → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
Central Islands → partOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Central Islands → hasCulturalRegion → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander region
Inner Islands → partOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Regional Council → region → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Shire Council → jurisdictionIncludes → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Torres Strait Regional Authority → locatedIn → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands → partOf → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands → hasCulturalRegionStatus → Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander cultural region