Torres Strait Islanders

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Indigenous people Melanesian people

Torres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous Melanesian peoples of the Torres Strait Islands between northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, with distinct cultures, languages, and seafaring traditions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Torres Strait Islanders canonical 24
Torres Strait Islander peoples 15
Torres Strait Islander communities 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Melanesian people ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalHeritage elaborate ceremonial masks ⓘ
maritime navigation knowledge ⓘ
culturalPractice canoe navigation ⓘ
dance ⓘ
elaborate headdress making ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
song ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
culturalRegion Zenadh Kes ⓘ
distinctFrom Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
governedWithin Torres Shire Council ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
hasIslandGroup Central Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands ⓘ
Inner Islands ⓘ
Near Western Islands ⓘ
Top Western Islands ⓘ
hasLanguage Brokan ⓘ
Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Kalaw Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Mabuyag dialect ⓘ
Meriam Mir ⓘ
Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Islander religion ⓘ
hasRepresentativeBody Torres Strait Regional Authority ⓘ
indigenousTo Australia ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Trans-Fly languages ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
legalStatus Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
surface form: First Nations people of Australia
locatedBetween Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
populationConcentratedIn Brisbane ⓘ
Cairns ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait Island Region

Townsville ⓘ
recognizedAs Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
surface form: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
selfDesignation Zenadh Kes people ⓘ
traditionalEconomy dugong hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pearling ⓘ
turtle hunting ⓘ
usesLinguaFranca Torres Strait Creole ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

eastern Australia → hasIndigenousPeoples → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Australia
Northern Territory → hasIndigenousPeople → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Cape York Peninsula → traditionalOwners → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Invasion Day → associatedWith → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander rights movement
Yabun Festival → focusesOn → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Aboriginal Australians → distinctFrom → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Aboriginal languages → spokenBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Department → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Far North Queensland → hasIndigenousGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Torres Strait Islands → hasIndigenousPeople → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander people
northern Australia → hasIndigenousPopulation → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Australia
Patty Mills → ethnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander
North Queensland → indigenousPeoples → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Torres Strait → inhabitedBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Torres Strait → indigenousPeople → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Torres Strait → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Yabun → associatedWith → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation → appliesTo → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Referendum Council → focus → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Referendum Council → hasStakeholder → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander communities
Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples → appliesTo → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Reconciliation Place → dedicatedTo → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Eastern Trans-Fly languages → spokenBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Kalaw Lagaw Ya → ethnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Kala Lagaw Ya → ethnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Mabuyag dialect → spokenBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Mabuyag dialect → associatedWith → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander culture
Brokan → spokenBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Brokan → hasEthnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Torres Strait Creole → spokenBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Zenadh Kes → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Zenadh Kes → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander communities
Zenadh Kes people → alsoKnownAs → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander people
Top Western Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Near Western Islands → traditionalOwners → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Near Western Islands → inhabitedBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Central Islands → hasTraditionalInhabitants → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Central Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander communities
Inner Islands → hasInhabitant → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Inner Islands → ethnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Inner Islands → indigenousTo → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Regional Council → languageCommunityServed → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Torres Shire Council → jurisdictionIncludes → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander communities
Torres Shire Council → servesPopulation → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Torres Strait Regional Authority → represents → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander people
School of Indigenous Studies → focusesOn → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Eastern Islands → inhabitedBy → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
Eastern Islands → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander people
Australians → hasEthnicGroup → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies → focusesOn → Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander peoples