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Box 19.fm Language traditionally spoken at: Moa Island, Torres Strait Document Description: Edited contents of tape recorded conversation with two early Pacific Islander settlers on Moa Island (Banks Island), Andai Ware and Turu Levi. Document Contents: Edited contents of tape recorded conversation with two early Pacific Islander settlers on Moa Island (Banks Island), Andai Ware and Turu Levi. www.library.uq.edu.au /fryer/ms/Flint/Box19_fm.html

The West-Central Torres Strait Islands Kubin is a community largely made up of people moved from Muralag (Prince of Wales Island) and other nearby Torres Strait Islands in the early 1870s, along with survivors from Hammond Island who were moved to Poid, on the southwestern corner of Moa Island in 1921. A community council was established under the Torres Strait Islander Act 1939, and in 1985, the St Pauls community gained ownership of their land through a Deed of Grant in Trust. Pearlers established bases on the island during the 1870s and by the early 1880s the islanders were becoming dependent on wages earned as lugger crew. ozoutback.com.au /postcards/postcards_forms/tsi_moa_mabuiag_badu/index.htm   (509 words)

Torres Strait Islands Islanders were not allowed to live on Thursday Island until after the war. The Strait was a vital gateway to the Pacific, Torres and members of the Spanish court regarded the discovery of such importance that the matter was kept secret for more then a century. Possession Island, lushly vegetated and historically important, faces Endeavour Strait and was discovered and named by Captain James Cook in 1870. www.hav.nl /zoek/torres.html   (412 words)

Charting the Pacific - Places Since the Mabo decision, several communities (Saibai Islanders and Mualgal people from Moa Island) have secured legal recognition of their native title rights over their islands. The Torres Strait Islands are part of the Australian state of Queensland. In 1994, in response to local demands for greater autonomy, the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) was established to allow Torres Strait islanders to manage their own affairs according to their own ailan kastom (island custom) and to develop a stronger economic base for the region. www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/torres_strait_islands.htm   (666 words)

Charting the Pacific - Places In 1994, in response to local demands for greater autonomy, the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) was established to allow Torres Strait islanders to manage their own affairs according to their own ailan kastom (island custom) and to develop a stronger economic base for the region. The Torres Strait Islands Treaty signed by Australia and Papua New Guinea allows for free movement (without passports or visas) between Australia and Papua New Guinea for traditional activities in a limited zone of the Torres Strait. Although it is likely that Chinese, Malay and Indonesian traders had explored the islands before him, the first navigator credited with coming across the islands is the Spaniard Luis Vaez de Torres who sailed through the strait in 1606. www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/torres_strait_islands.htm   (666 words)

MJA: Map of Torres Strait Islands The islands of the Torres Strait extend from the tip of Cape York Peninsula to within 5 km of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) coastline. A treaty between Australia and PNG allows Papuans to freely visit the Torres Strait islands (and vice versa) for "traditional" purposes (e.g., to trade and to attend ceremonies). The outer islands are north of the arbitrary dotted line, and consist of the western islands (Badu, Moa, Mabuiag), the northwestern islands (Boigu, Dauan, Saibai), the eastern islands (Ugar, Erub, Mer) and the ceîtral islands (Masig, Poruma, Warraber, Iama). www.mja.com.au /public/issues/sep2/hanna/hanbox1.html   (157 words)

Charting the Pacific - Places In 1994, in response to local demands for greater autonomy, the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) was established to allow Torres Strait islanders to manage their own affairs according to their own ailan kastom (island custom) and to develop a stronger economic base for the region. The Torres Strait Islands are part of the Australian state of Queensland. The Torres Strait islanders became citizens of Queensland in 1967 with full access to health and social services and freedom to travel and work in Australia. www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/torres_strait_islands.htm   (666 words)

index.shtml Torres Shire Council's administrative control, since the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1939, does not extend over the whole of the Shire Area and excludes those Islands and mainland areas listed below. Kubin Island Council and St Paul's Island Council on Moa Island Torres Shire is the only Australian local government which abuts an international border (Australia and Papua New Guinea) and is in close proximity to the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya. This alone places the people of the Shire in a unique part of the country. www.torres.qld.gov.au /council/index.shtml   (182 words)

State Library of Queensland, Footprints Before Me: Torres Strait Island Communities Thursday Island is the commercial and administrative settlement for the Torres Strait. The government later placed the survivors from this campaign on Hammond Island where they lived until 1922, when the government moved them again to Moa Island. Members of the Kaurareg people were forcibly removed to the village of Poid on Moa Island in 1921 and 1922. publib.slq.qld.gov.au /footprints/communities/torresmap.htm   (2844 words)

Torres Strait Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Moa (Banks Island) is the second-largest in the Torres Strait, and Badu (Mulgrave Island) is slightly smaller and fringed with extensive mangrove swamps. The islands in this cluster lie south of the Strait's mid-way point, and are also largely high granite hills with mounds of basaltic outcrops, formed from old peaks of the now-submerged land bridge. The distance across the Strait from Cape York to New Guinea is approximately 150 km at the narrowest point; the islands lie scattered in-between this range, extending some 200-300 km from furthest east to furthest west. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Torres_Strait_Islands   (1194 words)

MJA: Map of Torres Strait Islands The islands of the Torres Strait extend from the tip of Cape York Peninsula to within 5 km of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) coastline. A treaty between Australia and PNG allows Papuans to freely visit the Torres Strait islands (and vice versa) for "traditional" purposes (e.g., to trade and to attend ceremonies). The outer islands are north of the arbitrary dotted line, and consist of the western islands (Badu, Moa, Mabuiag), the northwestern islands (Boigu, Dauan, Saibai), the eastern islands (Ugar, Erub, Mer) and the ceîtral islands (Masig, Poruma, Warraber, Iama). www.mja.com.au /public/issues/sep2/hanna/hanbox1.html   (157 words)

State Library of Queensland, Footprints Before Me: Torres Strait Island Communities A community council was established under the Torres Strait Islander Act 1939, and in 1985, the St Pauls community gained ownership of their land through a Deed of Grant in Trust. 1929 saw the need to establish a Catholic Mission on Hammond for the children of the Filipinos and Malays whose forefathers were brought to the Torres Straits as indentured labour. The government later placed the survivors from this campaign on Hammond Island where they lived until 1922, when the government moved them again to Moa Island. publib.slq.qld.gov.au /footprints/communities/torresmap.htm   (2844 words)

State Library of Queensland, Footprints Before Me: Torres Strait Island Communities The settlement is located 6 km north of Bamaga overlooking the islands of the Torres Strait. Members of the Kaurareg people were forcibly removed to the village of Poid on Moa Island in 1921 and 1922. Saibai is a low-lying island 4km from the New Guinea mainland. publib.slq.qld.gov.au /footprints/communities/torresmap.htm   (2844 words)

"One ilan man": the Torres Strait Light Infantry [Wartime: Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial] Today many of the white soldiers return to visit the islands where they served in their youth, to smell the frangipani, hear the song "Old TI", sung in island harmony, and most importantly to be reunited with the Torres Strait Island veterans they have not seen for half a century. Vanessa Seekee is curator of the Torres Strait Heritage Museum on Horn Island, Queensland. B Coy - Badu, Moa and Mabuiag Islands www.awm.gov.au /wartime/12/article.asp   (2844 words)

The West-Central Torres Strait Islands After the forced repatriation of Pacific Islander labourers, following the federal government's introduction of a restrictive immigration policy in 1904, the Queensland government set aside a reserve on Moa's eastern shore for those who managed to remain in Queensland, many of whom had married Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal people. Pearlers established bases on the island during the 1870s and by the early 1880s the islanders were becoming dependent on wages earned as lugger crew. Poid was abandoned after the Second World War; one group moving back to their Narupai (Horn Island) homeland and the remainder moved east to Kubin under the leadership of Wees Nawia. ozoutback.com.au /postcards/postcards_forms/tsi_moa_mabuiag_badu   (2844 words)

PRS/2 Manual Part C Supplementary Code Lists 1103 Queensland, Badu Island, Boigu Island, Darnley Islands, Friday Island, Gold Coast, Goode Island, Hammond Island, Mabuiag Island, Moa Island, Murray Island, Palm Island, Prince of Wales Island, Rennell Island, Saibai Island, Stradbroke Island, Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Tuesday Island, Wednesday Island, Yam Island, Yorke Island 2102 Scotland, Burra Isles, Bute, Hebrides, Lewis Island, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Skye, Zetland Islands 2211 Spain, Balearic Islands, Basque, Canary Islands, Majorca, Reus www.health.vic.gov.au /hdss/vaed/1999-00/manual/partc/c27.htm   (1013 words)

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