Torres Strait Islands

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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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Cape York Peninsula borders Torres Strait Islands
this entity surface form: Torres Strait
Far North Queensland contains Torres Strait Islands
this entity surface form: Torres Strait region (administratively often associated)
northeastern Australia contains Torres Strait Islands
subject surface form: Northeastern Australia
Torres Strait Islanders ethnicGroupOf Torres Strait Islands
New Guinea hasNearbyIslandGroup Torres Strait Islands
Melanesia hasPart 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