Near Western Islands

E365537

island group

The Near Western Islands are a group of islands in the Torres Strait region of northern Australia, traditionally inhabited and culturally owned by Torres Strait Islander communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Near Western Islands canonical	3

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island group ⓘ
administrativeRegion	Torres Shire Council ⓘ Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
associatedWith	Torres Strait Treaty area ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	Torres Strait Islander communities ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus	recognised Torres Strait Islander cultural landscape ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	ceremonial dance ⓘ storytelling ⓘ subsistence fishing ⓘ traditional hunting ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguageGroup	Kala Lagaw Ya speakers ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy	marine resource use ⓘ
hasTraditionalRights	sea country rights ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
locatedBetween	Cape York Peninsula ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedIn	Torres Strait ⓘ northern Australia ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Torres Strait ⓘ
locatedInOcean	Coral Sea ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Australian mainland ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
partOf	Queensland ⓘ Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
region	Torres Strait Islands ⓘ surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
sovereignState	Australia ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples

Referenced by (3)

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

Torres Strait Islanders → hasIslandGroup → Near Western Islands ⓘ

Zenadh Kes → hasMajorIslandGroups → Near Western Islands ⓘ

Zenadh Kes people → hasCulturalRegion → Near Western Islands ⓘ