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Navigable sea passage between Australia and New Guinea
The Torres Strait (/ˈtɒrɪs/), also known as Zenadh Kes (pronounced [ˈzen̪ad̪ kes]), is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea
Torres_Strait
Group of islands in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea
The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's
Torres_Strait_Islands
One of the two categories of Indigenous Australians
Torres Strait Islanders (/ˈtɒrɪs/ TORR-iss) are the Indigenous Melanesian peoples of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland
Torres_Strait_Islanders
Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples
and the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. The terms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, First Nations of Australia
Indigenous_Australians
Flag of Australian Indigenous people
The Torres Strait Islander flag is the official flag of the Torres Strait Islanders, an Indigenous people of Australia. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard
Torres_Strait_Islander_flag
GPX (secondary coordinates) The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait between Queensland, Australia and
List_of_Torres_Strait_Islands
One of the two categories of Indigenous Australians
many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago
Aboriginal_Australians
English-based creole language
Torres Strait Creole (Torres Strait Creole: Yumplatok), also known as Torres Strait Pidgin, Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Kriol, Papuan
Torres_Strait_Creole
Indigenous Australian art includes art made by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, including collaborations with others. It includes works in
Indigenous_Australian_art
these are endangered. Creole languages such as Kriol and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) are the most widely-spoken Indigenous languages. Other distinctively
Languages_of_Australia
Australian government agency, 1990–2004
and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) (1990–2005) was the Australian Government body through which Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Commission
Dialect spoken in Australia
[ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Torres Strait English (called by its speakers T.I. English) is a dialect of the English
Torres_Strait_English
Australian airline
Torres Strait Air is an Australian airline based in Horn Island, Queensland, Australia, offering charter services between to the Torres Strait Islands
Torres_Strait_Air
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Australian_Institute_of_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Studies
British anthropologist (1855–1940)
with W. H. R. Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman and Sidney Ray on the Torres Strait Islands. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been
Alfred_Cort_Haddon
Proposed advisory body in Australia
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, also known as the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the First Nations Voice or simply the Voice, was a
Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Indigenous_Voice_to_Parliament
referendum held on 14 October 2023 in which the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice was rejected. Voters were asked to approve an alteration
2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum
Emblem of a group of people
The spiritual, mutual relationships between Aboriginal Australians, Torres Strait Islanders, and the natural world are often described as totems. Many
Totem
Three languages of the Torres Strait Islands
There are three languages spoken in the Torres Strait Islands: two indigenous languages and an English-based creole. Kalaw Lagaw Ya is spoken mainly in
Torres Strait Island languages
Torres_Strait_Island_languages
Country in Oceania
Aboriginal Australians. Later that year, Luís Vaz de Torres sailed to the north of Australia through Torres Strait, along New Guinea's southern coast. Abel Tasman's
Australia
Strategy of Australian governments to improving the lives of Indigenous people
governments of Australia that aims to reduce disparity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians on key health, education
Closing_the_Gap
Australian government body
The Torres Strait Regional Authority is an Australian Government body established in 1994 to administer the Torres Strait Islands. It consists of 20 elected
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Torres_Strait_Regional_Authority
Suburb of Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia
Saybay, Saibai, Saibe), is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, located in the Torres Strait of Queensland, Australia. The island is situated
Saibai_Island
Annual Australian Indigenous art award established in 1984, awarded in Darwin, NT
The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 as the National
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
National_Aboriginal_&_Torres_Strait_Islander_Art_Award
considered separate languages. Notable examples are Torres Strait Creole, spoken on the Torres Strait Islands, Northern Cape York and South-Western Coastal
Variation in Australian English
Variation_in_Australian_English
and Torres Strait Islanders. In 2020, 7.5% of births were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons up from 5.7% in 2010; Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Demographics_of_Australia
1997 Australian government report on the forced separation of indigenous families
Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. The report marked a pivotal moment
Bringing_Them_Home
Overview of Indigenous Australian history
continent. This article covers the history of Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, two broadly defined groups which each include other
History of Indigenous Australians
History_of_Indigenous_Australians
Australian Aboriginal boat
population led to both population growth and expansion.[citation needed] Torres Strait Islander people, another Indigenous Australian group of peoples, used
Aboriginal_dugout_canoe
Systems of weather seasons used by Indigenous Australians
calendar used by most western European peoples. Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people have distinct ways of dividing the year up. Naming and
Indigenous_Australian_seasons
Australian statutory body to register Indigenous corporations under the CATSI Act
Indigenous Corporations in administering the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ("CATSI Act") and in supporting and regulating corporations
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
Office_of_the_Registrar_of_Indigenous_Corporations
European voyage of discovery to Australia
the existence of the Torres Strait, which separates Australia and New Guinea. Unknown to the Dutch, explorer Luís Vaz de Torres, working for the Spanish
Janszoon_voyage_of_1605–1606
Aboriginal Australian language
the Western Torres Strait language (also several other names, see below) is the language indigenous to the central and western Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
Kalaw_Lagaw_Ya
Island in Queensland, Australia
or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. Thursday Island is located approximately
Thursday_Island
Indigenous languages of Australia
are considered unrelated to Proto-Australian. Of the languages of the Torres Strait, Kala Lagaw Ya is a Pama-Nyungan language, while Meriam Mer is a Papuan
Australian Aboriginal languages
Australian_Aboriginal_languages
Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Ugar in the local Meriam language, lies in the eastern group of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago of Queensland, Australia. The island is within the
Stephens Island (Torres Strait)
Stephens_Island_(Torres_Strait)
Local government area in Queensland, Australia
The Torres Strait Island Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering part of the Torres Strait Islands. It was created
Torres_Strait_Island_Region
Region in Queensland, Australia
Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The waters of Torres Strait include the only international border in
Far_North_Queensland
Official flag representing Aboriginal Australians
official status in 1995 under the Flags Act 1953, together with the Torres Strait Islander flag, in order to advance reconciliation and in recognition
Australian_Aboriginal_flag
Military unit
The Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army during the Second World War. Initially raised as a company-sized
Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion
Torres_Strait_Light_Infantry_Battalion
Local government area in Queensland, Australia
The Shire of Torres is a local government area located in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering large sections of the Torres Strait Islands and the
Shire_of_Torres
Self-governance by Aboriginal peoples
Aboriginal Australian self-determination, is the ability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to determine their own political status and pursue
Indigenous Australian self-determination
Indigenous_Australian_self-determination
Town in Queensland, Australia
Australia. It is part of the Top Western group of the Torres Strait Islands, which lie in the Torres Strait separating Cape York Peninsula from the island of
Boigu_Island
Church of the Anglican Communion
is the church's national publishing arm. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC) appoints two Indigenous bishops
Anglican_Church_of_Australia
Indigenous Australian superhero
(HIV) prevention campaign encouraging condom usage among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Depicted as an Indigenous man in a red, black
Condoman
Australian artist, curator, writer and educator
educator. After being appointed inaugural curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) in 2008, she
Nici_Cumpston
symbolic recognition, supporting a voice co-designed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, "using the language of listening and empowerment".
Constitution_of_Australia
Australian peak advocacy body
and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) is the peak national body that represents, advocates for, and supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives
Congress_of_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Nurses_and_Midwives
Preserved dead human or animal
remains have also been located in New Guinea, New Zealand, and the Torres Strait, though these mummies have been historically harder to examine and classify
Mummy
State of Australia
by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf
Queensland
Archipelago in northern Queensland, Australia
Murray Islands are an island group in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. The group consists of Murray Island (known traditionally as Mer Island)
Murray_Islands_(Queensland)
Dialect cluster of Pama–Nyungan languages
Torres Strait Islander Studies A51 Kartujarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Western_Desert_language
People of Australia
from its indigenous peoples, comprising Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. The development of a distinctive Australian identity and
Australians
Filipino alcoholic beverage
Michoacán, Nayarit, and Guerrero. Tubâ was also introduced to the Torres Strait Islands of Australia in the mid-19th century by Filipino immigrant workers
Tubâ
Rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia
are the rights and interests in land of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people; the term may also include the struggle for those rights
Indigenous land rights in Australia
Indigenous_land_rights_in_Australia
the population. Statistics indicate that Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders are much less healthy than other Australians. Various government
Indigenous health in Australia
Indigenous_health_in_Australia
Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia
led to the displacement of Aboriginal communities and the arrival of Torres Strait Islanders on the mainland. The west coast borders the Gulf of Carpentaria
Cape_York_Peninsula
Small island formed on the surface of a coral reef
Rama Cay, Nicaragua Tobacco Caye, Dangriga, Belize Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia, Elbow Cays, Bahamas Great Goat Island, Jamaica Ocean Cay
Cay
Peak body of Indigenous Australian organisations
Torres Strait Islander Peak Bodies, usually known as the Coalition of Peaks is an Australian peak body whose members comprise Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Coalition_of_Peaks
Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland
of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland
Moa_Island_(Queensland)
City in Queensland, Australia
Yumplatok (also known as Torres Strait Creole and Broken) is a contemporary Torres Strait Island language originating in the Torres Strait. The contact with
Cairns
2025 decision of the Federal Court of Australia
concerning whether the Commonwealth of Australia owes a duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders who have experienced impacts from climate change, and whether
Pabai_v_Commonwealth
Perception of oneself as Aboriginal Australian
one of two Indigenous Australian groups of peoples, the other being Torres Strait Islanders. There has also been discussion about the use of "Indigenous"
Australian Aboriginal identity
Australian_Aboriginal_identity
Island in Queensland, Australia
in the Torres Strait 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia. Badu Island is also a locality in the Torres Strait Island
Badu_Island
1978 treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea
The Torres Strait Treaty is a treaty signed between Australia and Papua New Guinea. The treaty defined the border between Australia and Papua New Guinea
Torres_Strait_Treaty
Social group defined by shared traits
50,000 years. Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally distinct but also First Nations Australians, have lived in the Torres Strait region for thousands
Ethnicity
Former Australian agency
The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI), founded in Adelaide, South Australia, as the Federal Council
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Federal_Council_for_the_Advancement_of_Aborigines_and_Torres_Strait_Islanders
Group of related creoles of Melanesia
Tok Pisin, of Papua New Guinea Torres Strait Creole, of the Torres Strait Islands and parts of Cape York Torres Strait Creole is the least closely related
Melanesian_Pidgin
Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia
Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures
Great_Barrier_Reef
Tasmania, Australia Torres Strait Islanders Badu: Badu Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia Kaurareg: Central Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
List_of_Indigenous_peoples
over-represented as victims of crime. As of September 2019[update], Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners represented 28% of the total adult prisoner population
Indigenous Australians and crime
Indigenous_Australians_and_crime
Modern art work produced by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people
produced by Indigenous Australians, that is, Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people. It is generally regarded as beginning in 1971 with
Contemporary Indigenous Australian art
Contemporary_Indigenous_Australian_art
State of Australia
people, identified as Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) in 2021. According to the 2021 census, 29.5% of people in
New_South_Wales
evidence of their traditional association with land. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-Management) Act
Aboriginal land rights legislation in Australia
Aboriginal_land_rights_legislation_in_Australia
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement award
The Deadly Awards, formally titled National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Arts and Community Awards and commonly known simply as
Deadly_Awards
Indigenous Australians' relationship with ancestral lands
Nations Australian traditional custodianship derives from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' strong traditional connection with the lands and seas
First Nations Australian traditional custodianship
First_Nations_Australian_traditional_custodianship
Indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia
population of Torres Strait Islanders, a Melanesian people,as of 30 June 2016[update], was about 38,700 identifying as being of Torres Strait Islander origin
Melanesians
Recently extinct species of rodent
habitats of northern Australia (Far North Queensland), New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands and islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The genus is in the
Bramble_Cay_melomys
Australian author and human rights advocate
As an Australian of Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal and Erubamle Torres Strait Islander ancestry, Mayo is a signatory of the Uluru Statement from the
Thomas_Mayo_(author)
Suburb of Shire of Torres, Queensland, Australia
within the Shire of Torres; the boundaries of the locality include the island itself and surrounding waters of the Torres Strait. The town of Wasaga is
Horn_Island,_Queensland
Trans-Fly language of the Australian Torres Strait Islands
Miriam-Mir, etc. and Eastern, Isten, Esten and Able Able) or the Eastern Torres Strait language is the language of the people of the small islands of Mer (Murray
Meriam_language
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
of the northern half of the Torres Strait. The first Christian missionaries to establish a presence in the Torres Strait were associated with the London
Quetta_Memorial_Precinct
Island in Queensland, Australia
island of the Bourke Isles group of the Torres Strait Islands, located in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia. The island is
Yam_Island
Ned Luffman, a Torres Strait Islander Male 1929 1929-03-12 Qld Torres Strait - Dauan Island Island open ocean Bathing A Torres Strait Islander schoolboy
List of fatal shark attacks in Australia
List_of_fatal_shark_attacks_in_Australia
Numerous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia have been notable for their contributions to politics, including participation in governments
List of Indigenous Australians in politics and public service
List_of_Indigenous_Australians_in_politics_and_public_service
Suburb of Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia
Island is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the Torres Strait Islands and is located near the Great
Erub_Island,_Queensland
Island in the Pacific Ocean
from Australia by the 150-kilometre (81-nautical-mile; 93-mile) wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were
New_Guinea
Academic field of cultural studies of Australia
includes the study of Australia's Indigenous population, Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. Scholarship in Australian studies is offered at many Tertiary
Australian_studies
main forms: Aboriginal archaeology (the archaeology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia before and after European settlement)
Archaeology_of_Australia
Australia & NZ international rugby league footballer (born 1991)
fullback. Gagai was born in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. He is of Torres Strait Islander heritage through his father's family (Yam Island and Badu Island
Dane_Gagai
Australian politician (born 1977)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. In 2011 he also released 'Just Futures', the Queensland Government's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice
Curtis_Pitt
Airport in Queensland, Australia
is an airport on Horn Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Torres Shire Council and is also known as Ngurupai
Horn_Island_Airport
Sport of rowing across oceans
Merauke (then part of Dutch New Guinea); a journey of 600km across the Torres Strait. He stopped at Horn Island en route. Fomenko completed the 600km journey
Ocean_rowing
Australian continent and nearby islands. The Torres Strait Islanders are Indigenous to the Torres Strait Islands, which are at the northernmost tip of
List of Indigenous Australian firsts
List_of_Indigenous_Australian_firsts
One of Earth's seven main divisions of land
several landmasses—the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait between mainland Australia and New Guinea, and Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania
Australia_(continent)
Annual festival in the Torres Strait Islands
celebrated in the Torres Strait Islands on 1 July each year. It commemorates the arrival of the London Missionary Society in Torres Strait at Erub (Darnley
Coming_of_the_Light_Festival
Australian not-for-profit organisation providing legal services to disadvantaged people
centres in New Zealand. There are as of 2020[update] eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS), with similar characteristics to CLCs
Community_legal_centre
Person from the Pacific Islands
Papua), Moluccans (Indonesia's Maluku Islands), and Torres Strait Islanders (Australia's Torres Strait Islands). Micronesians include the Carolinians (Caroline
Pacific_Islander
(Aboriginals), which changed the Constitution to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in population counts, and allowed Federal Parliament
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
Constitutional_recognition_of_Indigenous_Australians
Indigenous Australian children forcibly acculturated into White Australian society
as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian
Stolen_Generations
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Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Gaelic word forba, FORBES means "district, field."Â
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, English, Irish, Scottish
Watch Tower; Lives by the Tower; From the Craggy Hills; Victory; Castle
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant (plural) of Thorn 1.Norwegian : habitational name from any of five farmsteads named Tornes, from an unexplained first element + nes ‘headland’, ‘promontory’.
Girl/Female
English
Derived from Victoria: triumphant.
Female
English
Variant spelling of Greek Doris, DORRIS means "bounty" and "unmixed, pure."
Male
Welsh
A derivative of Welsh Lloegr, LOGRES means "England."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Latin
Triumphant; Conqueror; Victory
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by or in a deep valley, from Middle English, Old French gorge ‘gorge’, ‘ravine’ (from Old French gorge ‘throat’). There are various places in England and France named with this word, and the surname may be a habitational name from any of these.German : unexplained.A family by the name of Gorges originated in the village of Gorges near Périers in Normandy, France, where Ralph de Gorges was living in the late 11th century. A branch of the family was established in England when Thomas de Gorges lost his lands to the King of France. He became warden of Henry III’s manor of Powerstock, Devon.
Boy/Male
English Irish Scottish American Celtic
from the craggy hills.
Boy/Male
Italian
Tower.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, FORREST means "lives in or by an enclosed wood."
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Old Norman French word norreis, NORRIS means "from the north."
Female
Welsh
Welsh name TARREN means "from the knoll."
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the name of a perennial herb, "sorrel," from Old French surele, from Frankish *sur, SORREL means "sour."
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Þorketill, TORKEL means "Thor's cauldron."
Male
Swedish
Swedish and Norwegian form of Old Norse Þorgeirr, TORGER means "Thor's spear."Â
Male
English
Medieval English form of Roman Latin Maurice, MORRIS means "dark-skinned; Moor."
Female
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse ÞordÃs, TORDIS means "Thor's goddess" or "Thor's woman."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Terry 1.A Josiah Torrey was in Boston before 1680. John Torrey (1796–1873) was a botanist and teacher born in NY who catalogued many North American plants.
Girl/Female
Scottish
Derived from Victoria 'triumphant.
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