GeoGroupTemplate The TorresStraitIslands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the TorresStrait . This is an incomplete list of islands in the TorresStrait. CompactTOC2 Table of islands class ... Island TorresStraitIslands West Island Ului Island coord 10.360 S 142.053 E region AU QLD type ... Strait Atlas Further reading Gadke, Christopher 2001 . The architecture of the TorresStraitIslands ...?q subject 3A 22Waraber Island 2F Sue Islet Qld TSI SC54 12 22&c book Category TorresStraitIslands Category Lists of islandsTorres Category Lists of places in Australia Islands Category Queensland related lists Torres de Liste von TorresStrait Inseln fr Liste des les du d troit de Torres ... QLD type isle The Three Sisters, TorresStrait The Three Sisters Boigu Island, Queensland Boigu Island coord 9.16 S 142.13 E region AU QLD type isle Talbot Islands 270 72.2 Bond Island coord 10.074 ... isle North Island TorresStrait North Island coord 9.950 S 142.200 E region AU QLD type isle North Possession ... TorresStrait Stephens Island Ugar Island coord 9.507 S 143.545 E region AU QLD type isle 100 0.35 ... S 142.172 E region AU QLD type isle Bellevue Islands Albany Island Queensland Albany Island coord 10.730 ... AU QLD type isle Talbot Islands Queensland Talbot Islands Aukane Islet coord 9.867 S 143.400 E ... 9.836 S 142.715 E region AU QLD type isle Bellevue Islands Castle Island Bakilai Island coord 10.047 ... Cay coord 9.400 S 144.217 E region AU QLD type isle East Strait Island coord 10.496 S 142.450 E region ... Islet coord 9.960 S 142.153 E region AU QLD type isle Bellevue Islands Kanig Island coord 10.242 ... Keatinge Islet coord 10.650 S 142.6832 E region AU QLD type isle Bellevue Islands Keats Island Homogar Islet ?, Umaga Parish coord 9.683 S 143.433 E region AU QLD type isle Yorke Islands Kerr Islet ... isle Mabuiag Island coord 9.954 S 142.181 E region AU QLD type isle Bellevue Islands 50 7.5 Mai Islet ... QLD type isle Marsden Islet Eegarbu Island coord 9.717 S 143.367 E region AU QLD type isle Yorke Islands ... more details
accessdate 2011 ref See also Portal Queensland List of TorresStraitIslands References Reflist 2 ...Infobox country name TorresStraitIslands common name TorresStraitIslands image flag Flag of the Torres ... Authority Logo.gif image map LocationTorres.png map caption The TorresStraitIslands, a region of the Australia ... TorresStrait Islander The TorresStraitIslands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie ..., administered by the TorresStrait Regional Authority . A few islands very close to the coast of mainland ... torresstraitislands story e6freoof 1225825028712 title Monster tides smother TorresStraitislands ... Authority accessdate 3 July 2011 ref The TorresStraitIslands were annexed in 1879 by Queensland. They thus ... thumb 400px TorresStraitIslands The islands are distributed across an area of some 48 ... soilsanra cite web url http www.anra.gov.au topics soils erosion qld basin torresstraitislands ln.html title Soils TorresStraitIslands date 6 May 2009 work Australian Natural Resources Atlas publisher ... Coral seas. Many of the western TorresStraitIslands are actually the remaining peaks of this land ... and Flatback Turtle Flatback Sea turtles. The TorresStraitIslands may be grouped into five ... Strait is home to Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan IslandsTorresStrait numerous birds , including ... . Saibai Island Saibai one of the largest of the TorresStraitIslands and Boigu Island Boigu ... Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan IslandsTorresStrait Near Western islands The islands in this cluster .... Central islands This cluster is more widely distributed in the middle of TorresStrait, consisting ... , who in August 2011 wrote to Prime Minster Julia Gillard in support of TorresStraitIslands independence ... ABS figures , the population of the TorresStraitIslands was 8,089 Citation needed date May 2010 , of whom ... spoken on the islands the Western Central TorresStrait Language called by various names, including ... years The TorresStraitIslands are threatened by rising sea levels, especially those islands which ... more details
Image TorresStraitIslandsMap.png thumb 350px right TorresStrait and islands Image Torres Strait.jpg thumb right 250px The TorresStrait seen from space Cape York Peninsula is at the bottom several of the TorresStraitIslands can be seen strung out towards Papua New Guinea to the north. NASA , STS 35 The TorresStrait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesia n island of New ... Queensland Prince of Wales Island Muralug and the mainland. Several clusters of islands lie in the Strait, collectively called the TorresStraitIslands . There are at least 274 of these islands, of which 17 have present day permanent settlements. Over 6,800 TorresStrait Islanders live on the Islands ... Island . The islands indigenous peoples indigenous inhabitants are the TorresStrait Islander s, Melanesia n peoples related to the Papuans of adjoining New Guinea. The various TorresStrait Islander ... on the TorresStraitIslands Kala Lagaw Ya Kalaw Kawaw Ya Kawalgau Ya Muwalgau Ya Kulkalgau Ya, and Meriam Mir, as well as Brokan Broken , otherwise called TorresStrait Creole . In the 2001 Australian ... of TorresStrait in Australia. History The islands of the TorresStrait have been inhabited for at least ... Society arrived on Erub Darnley Island in 1871. Although some of the TorresStraitislands ... TorresStraitislands have been experiencing significant numbers of illegal long term residents ... See also Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan IslandsTorresStraitTorresStraitIslands Commons category ... the torresstrait general history.aspx title History of TorresStrait to 1879 a regional view author John Burton publisher TorresStrait Regional Authority accessdate 2008 04 13 ref The first recorded European navigation of the strait was by Luis V ez de Torres , a Spain Spanish pilot who was second ... found Luis V ez de Torres testimony proving a passage south of New Guinea now known as TorresStrait ... of an unknown continent. It was Dalrymple who named the strait after Torres. Dalrymple ... more details
File TorresStraitIslandsMap.png thumb right 400px Islands of TorresStrait The Birds of Boigu Island, Queensland Boigu , Saibai Island, Queensland Saibai and Dauan Island, Queensland Dauan Island s the Top Western group of TorresStraitIslandsTorresStrait , are of particular interest to Australian birding birders because the islands are home to, and visited by, birds which are essentially New Guinea species not found, or only occasionally seen as vagrants, elsewhere on Australia n territory. The islands lie only a few kilometres from the mainland of New Guinea, though they are politically part of the state of Queensland, Australia . Boigu and Saibai are low lying alluvium alluvial islands of swampland and mangroves , subject to periodic flooding, while Dauan is a smaller but higher granite ... Category TorresStraitIslands Category Birdwatching ... List Archives http users.bigpond.net.au palliser barc barc home.html Birds Australia Rarities Committee decisions and case summaries Clarke, Rohan H. 2004 . The avifauna of northern TorresStrait notes ... tailed Swifts Mearnsia novaeguineae on Boigu Island, TorresStrait, Queensland. Australian Field Ornithology ... Island, TorresStrait The First Record for Australian Territory. Australian Field Ornithology 24 44 48. Draffan, R.D.W. Garnett, S.T. & Malone, G.J. 1983 . Birds of the TorresStrait an annotated list and biogeographical analysis. Emu journal Emu 83 207 234. Morcombe, Michael. 2000 . Field Guide ... Access to these islands is not easy. Permission to visit is required from the island councils. The few ... trips by chartered light aircraft. Saibai and Boigu have airstrips. List of birds The following list is annotated with initials indicating which species have been recorded on the three islands. Because these islands have not been thoroughly surveyed or regularly monitored by birders, it is very likely that the list underestimates the number of species breeding on or visiting them. Megapodidae Orange ... more details
for the island group between Australia and New Guinea TorresStraitIslands coord 13 15 S 166 37 E region VU type isle display title Image TorresIslands en.svg thumb 350px The TorresIslands The Torres ... the Banks Islands . To the west, in the ocean, is the deep Torres Trench , the subduction zone between the Australian Plate Australian and Pacific Plate s. The seven islands in the Torres ... of the TorresIslands coastline are graced with white sand beaches in reality, much of the shore is composed of rocky coral uplift. As of mid 2004, the TorresIslands sustained a total population ... is considered the administrative centre for the TorresIslands, but this role is very small. It has ... given to the important TorresStrait that separates mainland Australia from the island of New Guinea ... of or even came near to the TorresIslands during their cruise through the archipelago. Nevertheless, through its repeated appearance in European charts, the name of Torres eventually stuck and the islands ... their group of islands as Torres even though they neither know nor concern themselves with the story ... regarding the prehistory of this group, the TorresIslands were probably first populated around 3200 ... the settlement pattern of the TorresIslands was quite different from the coastal villages of today ... of households and ritual spaces. The TorresIslands were discovered by Portuguese explorer Lu s ... also discovered the TorresStraitStrait that bears his name between New Guinea and Australia . Other ... mission station and church house of the TorresIslands was originally established by Durrad ... of the TorresIslands suffered catastrophic decline as a combined result of the various epidemic ... , the TorresIslands eventually became part of the Anglo French Condominium of the New Hebrides ... to be lifted sometime in early 2008. In the meantime, exports of crab from the Banks and TorresIslands ... of the TorresIslands continue to follow to the same general patterns of subsistence agriculture ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2011 Use Australian English date August 2011 Infobox country name TorresStrait Regional Authority common name TorresStraitIslands image flag image coat TorresStrait Regional Authority Logo.gif image map LocationTorres.png map caption The TorresStraitIslands national anthem ... code time zone utc offset cctld calling code ITU zone footnotes demonym TorresStrait Islander The TorresStrait Regional Authority TSRA is an Australian Government body established to administer the TorresStraitIslands .The TSRA consists of 20 elected representatives. ref cite web url http ... to gain official Territory status for the TorresStraitIslands. The plan would see the TSRA and local ... work Torres News ref The islands The TorresStraitIslands lie to the north of Tropical Queensland s Cape York Peninsula and comprise 274 small islands, of which 17 are inhabited, located in TorresStrait ... Island Nurupai are the most well known of the TorresStraitIslands. Activities on the islands are quite ... other than Thursday and Horn Islands permission is required from the TorresStrait Regional Authority ... straitislands index.cfm Queensland Destinations The TorresStraitIslands . Tourism Queensland ... change on the six largest TorresStraitIslands. ref name gu Cite news url http www.smh.com.au ... Kingdom Elizabeth II leader title2 Chairperson of the TorresStrait Regional Authority Chairperson leader name2 John Toshie Kris leader title3 General Manager of the TorresStrait Regional Authority ... of the TorresStrait area. The authority was established in 1994. ref name etsra cite book title Evaluation of the TorresStrait Regional Authority last Office of Evaluation and Audit year 2001 pages 1 2 url http anao.gov.au media Uploads Documents evaluation of the torresstrait regional authority ... previously conducted by the abolished Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission . Nearly two ... Strait Regional Authority. ref name tts cite book title The TorresStrait last Kaye first ... more details
unreferenced stub date April 2012 Stephens Island Ugar Island is an Australian island situated in the eastern section of Torres Strait , near the Great Barrier Reef and North of Coconut Island, Torres Strait Coconut Poruma Island and North West of Murray Island, Torres Strait and West of Darnley Island, Torres Strait Darnley Island . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . The people of Stephens Island call themselves Ugarem Le, and are the same people as the neighbouring Erubam Le of Erub Darnley Island , the Meriam Le and Nog Le of Mer Murray , the Dauarab Le of Dauar and the people of Waier. The traditional language of these islands is Meriam M r , of which there were formerly two dialects, Erub Ugar and Mer Dauar Waier. See also Stephens Island Great Barrier Reef External links Significant Case Law http www.atns.net.au biogs A002266b.htm Stephen on behalf of the Ugar People v State of Queensland 2004 FCA 157 9 December 2004 coord 9.507 S 143.545 E type isle region AU QLD display title Portal Queensland Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Stephens Island Torres Strait ... more details
dancer s headdress around it also symbolises the TorresStraitIslands people. White symbolises peace ...File Flag of the TorresStrait Islanders.svg 250px thumb right 2 3 FIAV normal TorresStrait Islander Flag The TorresStrait Islander Flag is an official Flag of Australia, and is the flag that represents TorresStrait Islanders TorresStrait Islander people. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard Namok . It won a local competition held by the Islands Coordinating Council, and was recognised by the Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission in June 1992. Status The Government of Australia granted ... 1 January. ref http www.comlaw.gov.au Details F2008L00210 Flags Act 1953 Proclamation TorresStrait Islander Flag from ComLaw . Retrieved 2011 07 13. The only significant change from 1995 is that TorresStrait Islander flag is altered to TorresStrait Islander Flag . ref In the 2008 proclamation, the flag is recognised as the flag of the TorresStrait Islander people of Australia and a flag of significance to the Australian nation generally and appointed to be the flag of the TorresStrait Islander people of Australia and to be known as the TorresStrait Islander Flag . The design is reproduced in Schedule 1 and described in Schedule 2. Although Namok has since died, the TorresStrait ... the blue panel in the centre represents the waters of the TorresStrait . The thin black stripes between the green and blue panels signify the TorresStrait Islanders themselves. The white five ... torresstrait flag.cfm It s an Honour TorresStrait Islander Flag also Schedule 2 to each of the proclamations ... torresstrait flag.cfm Official Australian Government website It s an Honour TorresStrait Islander ... Australian flags . Retrieved 2011 07 14. FOTW id au tores title TorresStrait Islander Flag ... TorresStrait Island culture Category Indigenous Australian politics flag stub de Flagge der TorresStrait Insulaner fr Drapeau des Indig nes du d troit de Torr s he ... more details
dablink This article is about the indigenous peoples of the TorresStraitIslands. For more on Australia s indigenous peoples see Indigenous Australians Infobox Ethnic group group TorresStrait Islanders flag File Flag of the TorresStrait Islanders.svg 200px flag caption The TorresStrait Islander Flag population 48,000 languages see TorresStrait Island languages religions see Christianity related Indigenous Australians , Demographics of Papua New Guinea Papuans , Melanesians footnotes TorresStrait Islanders are the indigenous peoples indigenous people of the TorresStraitIslands , part of Queensland ..., Queensland Seisia . Population Image TorresStraitIslandsMap.png thumb left Map of TorresStraitIslands There are 6,000 TorresStrait Islanders who live in the area of the TorresStrait, and 42,000 ... told through this website come from the Margaret Lawrie Collection of TorresStraitIslands material ... facts indg overview.html title Australia s Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander peoples work Australia ... Strait Island 19th century . The indigenous people of the TorresStrait have a distinct culture ... of TorresStrait Islander language can be found on the State Library of Queensland s http www.slq.qld.gov.au ... Century. Stories, crafts, and games The inhabitants of TorresStrait have a long history of developing ... books?id T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg PA456 TorresStrait string figure example. ref ref Alfred Cort Haddon , along with one of his daughters, the pioneers in the modern study of TorresStrait string ... TorresStrait. ref a particular string figure game played by two or more participants that generates ... and comprehensive book on string figures. ref Languages main TorresStrait Island languages ... central TorresStrait Language Kala Lagaw Ya , are spoken on the southwestern, western, northern ... Facts docs FS series23.pdf title TorresStrait Islanders work Fact Sheets publisher Government ... 12 10 ref Notable Islanders Famous TorresStrait Islanders include Eddie Mabo Christine Anu Seaman ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name TorresStrait Force image caption country flag Australia allegiance type branch Australian Army dates 1942 1945 specialization command structure First Army Australia First Army size current commander garrison TorresStrait ceremonial chief ceremonial chief label nickname motto colors identification symbol File TorresStrait Force Unit Colour Patch.PNG 50px identification symbol label Unit Colour Patch march mascot battles Second World War notable commanders anniversaries TorresStrait Force was a military command unit of the Australian Army during the Second World War . Reporting directly to the First Army Australia First Army and consisting of infantry , artillery , anti aircraft, engineers, medical and logistics units, ref harvnb Ball 1996 pp 281 286 ref it was responsible for the defence of the islands of the TorresStrait , to the north of the Australian mainland. It was formed in September 1942 under the command of Colonel H.R Langford through the redesignation of Thursday Island Fortress . ref harvnb Ball 1996 p 25 ref Notes Reflist References Refbegin cite book last Ball first Reg title TorresStrait Force year 1996 publisher Australian Military History Publications location Loftus isbn 0646207490 Refend Category Military units and formations established in 1942 Category Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 ... more details
Refimprove date May 2008 There are two languages indigenous to TorresStrait Islanders , and an English based Creole. The western central language is an agglutinative language which however appears to be undergoing a transition into a declensional language, while Meriam M r is more clearly agglutinative. Brokan is a typical Pacific English Creole. The Western Central TorresStrait Island Language The language of the western and central islands of TorresStrait is related to languages of the Australian mainland and is a member of the Pama Nyungan languages Pama Nyungan family of languages, which covers most of Australia. This language, like many others in the world, does not have its own name although its dialect s do, these being Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Kalau Kawau Ya, Kulkalgau Ya and Kawalgau Ya this latter also called Kowrareg, which is from the mid 19th century Kowrareg dialect form kauraraiga kaurarega islander . Kalaw Lagaw Ya is often called Kala Lagaw Ya in the literature the form is the colloquial version of Kalaw Lagaw Ya the genitive w is often elided in colloquial speech . The four ... Brady and Joe Crouch, Badu 15 and the Papuan Austronesian Settlement of TorresStrait . In Archaeology ... day . The Eastern TorresStrait Language The language of eastern TorresStrait is Meriam language Meriam ... M r settlers overlaid Kalaw lagaw ya speakers on the Eastern islands these non Meriam people who have always been resident on the Eastern Islands are called Nog Le Common People , Lawrie . Citation needed date October 2007 TorresStrait Creole The third indigenous language of the Torres Straits is a creole language creole that has developed since around the 1880s. This TorresStrait Creole ... of phrases in TorresStrait Islander languages align left English I am an Islander I go home ... TorresStrait Island Languages Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Australia Category TorresStrait Island culture ... more details
citations missing date March 2008 TorresStrait English called by its speakers T.I. English is a dialect of the English language spoken by the people of various backgrounds indigneous TorresStrait, Malay, Filipino, European, Japanese, etc. born and raised on Thursday Island and neighbouring islands in TorresStrait, North Queensland , Australia . It is distinct from TorresStrait Creole , though most locals speak both the creole and English. Quite a few locals are also speakers of General Australian General Australian English . Its main phonological characteristic is the retention of English IPA i and IPA u where Australian English has IPA i and IPA u for example, wheel IPA wi l rather than IPA w il , fool IPA fu l rather than IPA f ul , while where grammar and the like are concerned, TorresStrait English shows a certain amount of post Creole characteristics, such as the phrase You for adjective e.g. You for style for the English You look are really adjective You are a real show off , alt. You are real cool , and the almost mandatory use of second personal pronouns in the imperative. Other characteristics of T.I. English follow general non standard dialects of English such as the use of done for did , run for ran , come for came i.e. a four way verb system of present past infinitive ing form for all verbs , and oncet for once . This is a rhotic and non rhotic accents non rhotic accent , like Australian and New Zealand dialects. T.I. English is not a post creole form, but rather an independent development from the English of the early European settlers, most of whom were from various parts of the world. Relatively few were native born White Australians. The input dialects were British of various types, Irish, US, Jamaican, and others. Substratum languages include ... div class references small cite book author Shnukal, Anna year 2001 chapter TorresStrait English ... TorresStrait Island culture ie lang stub Australia stub ... more details
part of the TorresStraitIslands . It was created in March 2008 out of 15 autonomous Island ...Infobox Australian Place type lga name TorresStrait Island Region state qld image caption pop formatnum 5082 pop footnotes 2010 ref cite web url http www.abs.gov.au ausstats abs .nsf Products 3218.0 2009 10 Main Features Queensland?OpenDocument title Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009 10 author Australian Bureau of Statistics date 31 March 2011 accessdate 11 June 2011 ref area 491.1 est 2008 ... NPA Region near s Shire of TorresTorres near se Coral Sea The TorresStrait Island Region is a Local ... on the same day. In 1984, the Community Services TorresStrait Act was enacted by the Queensland Government ... and TorresStrait Islander Studies date 23 February 2008 accessdate 31 March 2008 ref Each was responsible ... Stuart year 1997 title The TorresStrait pages 12 15 publisher Martinus Nijhoff Publishers location ... 2007, a White Paper entitled Community Government in the TorresStrait the way forward was released ... Reform report in July 2007 recommended the creation of the TorresStrait Island council as well ... results Councillor summary.html title 2008 TorresStrait Island Regional Council Councillor Election ... and TorresStrait Island local government pages 59 65 accessdate 2008 03 31 ref At the 2006 ... 165 St Pauls, Queensland St Pauls Moa Island 220 Stephens Island TorresStrait Ugar Island 90 Sue Islet ... Local Government Areas of Queensland Category Far North Queensland de TorresStrait Island Region ... 1 title Mayoral election time work Torres News date 29 February 2008 accessdate 31 March 2008 br ... Fred Gela likely mayor of TSIRC work Torres News date 18 March 2008 accessdate 31 March 2008 ref ... is effectively colocated with the Shire of Torres , which administers the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula and a number of islands including Thursday Island, Queensland Thursday Island , Horn ... with the other islands and communities, but felt that having one council subject to three different ... more details
Incubator code tcs Fran Pej Infobox language name TorresStrait Creole region flag Australia speakers 23,400 date 1989 familycolor Creole fam1 English based creole languages English Creole fam2 Pacific iso3 tcs lingua 52 ABB cb varieties br 52 ABB cba to cbd notice IPA TorresStrait Creole also TorresStrait Pidgin, Yumplatok, TorresStrait Brokan Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Papuan Pidgin English, Broken English, Brokan Broken, Blaikman, Big Thap is an English based creole language spoken on several TorresStraitIslands Queensland , Australia , Northern Cape York and South Western Coastal Papua. It has approximately gaps 25 000 mother tongue and bi tri lingual speakers, as well as several second third language speakers. It is widely used as a language of trade and commerce. It has .... History Records of pidgin English being used in TorresStrait exist from as early as the 1840s e.g. Moore 1979 , and therefore TorresStrait Creole may very well be as old as, if not older, than ... the Western and Central Language of TorresStrait Kala Lagaw Ya has a strong influence an influence ... basilect creole mesolect creole TorresStrait Thursday Island English to General Australian English ... reflist Bibliography Shnukal, Ann. Broken an introduction to the Creole language of TorresStrait . Canberra ... of Oceania Category English based pidgins and creoles Category TorresStrait Island culture Category Pidgins and creoles of Australia br Kreoleg TorresStrait de Torres Creole eo Toresa kreola lingvo pms Lenga Torresstrait creole .... Related languages are Pijin of the Solomon Islands , Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea , and Bislama ... Islands. Creolisation is post 1960s elsewhere. The Papuan dialect was replaced by Hiri Motu in many ... dialects in rhetorical discourse. The Central Islands dialect and sometimes others tends to also ... c Dialect variation br how wiswei , Central Islands waswei br why, what s the matter wasamada , Eastern ... more details
on the Australian mainland, Tasmania and other off shore islands, and the ethnically distinct people from the many Melanesian communities inhabiting the islands of the TorresStrait , collectively known as TorresStrait Islander s. Later the TorresStrait Regional Authority took over responsibility for programs in the TorresStraitIslands . The chairpersons of ATSIC were Lowitja O Donoghue 1990 ...Use dmy dates date August 2010 The Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission ATSIC 1990&ndash 2005 was the Australia n Government body through which Aboriginal Australian s and TorresStrait Islanders were formally involved in the processes of government affecting their lives. A number of indigenous programs and organisations fell under the overall umbrella of ATSIC. The agency was dismantled in 2004 in the aftermath of corruption allegations and litigation. ref name wsh ATSIC was criticised for being dominated by males. ref name wwrsm Cite news url http www.theage.com.au national atsic wary of repeating past mistakes 20090825 ey4k.html title ATSIC wary of repeating past mistakes author Misha Schubert accessdate 18 January 2012 date 26 August 2009 newspaper The Age publisher Fairfax Media ref Establishment ATSIC was established by Bob Hawke s Australian Labor Party Labor government through the Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission Act 1989 the ATSIC Act , which took effect on 5 March 1990. While ATSIC s existence was always subject to the oversight of governments, who ... of ATSIC to Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander people at a regional level. At the time, Indigenous ... to a new independent organisation, Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Services ATSIS . The government ... Project. Indigenous Australians DEFAULTSORT Aboriginal And TorresStrait Islander Commission Category ... in 1990 Category 1990 establishments in Australia de Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission ... publisher News Limited ref See also Portal Australia List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities ... more details
role, defending the islands of the TorresStrait , although in 1943 a detachment was sent to patrol ...Infobox Military Unit unit name TorresStrait Light Infantry Battalion image File TSLI AWM 119169 .jpg 200px caption Members of the TorresStrait Light Infantry Battalion on Thursday Island 1945 dates ... role size 500 men ref name Ball34 command structure TorresStrait Force current commander garrison ... symbol File TorresStrait Light Infantry Unit Colour Patch 1943 to 1945.PNG 70px identification symbol label Unit Colour Patch The TorresStrait Light Infantry Battalion was an infantry ... all of its enlisted men were TorresStrait Islanders , making the battalion the only Indigenous ... The TorresStrait Light Infantry Battalion was initially formed as an independent infantry company ... article.asp chapter One ilan man the TorresStrait Light Infantry last Seekee first Vanessa work Wartime .... 39. ref TorresStrait Islander men joining the ranks throughout the course of the war almost every man eligible a total equal to about one fifth of the population of the TorresStrait at the time. ref name abc cite web url http www.abc.net.au am stories s401912.htm title TorresStrait Star AM Archive ... 40 TorresStrait Malays and Aboriginals were also recruited. ref name battle On 1 March 1943 ..., designated A to D , and spread out across the TorresStrait, including Horn Island, Queensland Horn Island and Thursday Island , where it formed part of TorresStrait Force ref Ball 1996 , p. 281 ... Australians, while the TorresStrait Islanders originally only received one third of the pay of white ... on the service of Aborigines and TorresStrait Islanders in the military. ref Dennis et al 2008 , p. 3. ref The TorresStrait Island Light Infantry Battaion represented a significant contribution to the Australian war effort in terms of population, with the majority of able bodied TorresStrait ... Queensland Regiment 51 FNQR was established in the TorresStrait in 1987 as a Regional Force Surveillance ... more details
Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Services was part of the now disbanded Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission . It was responsible for service provision under Government of Australia Australian Government programs for Indigenous Australians . The services it provided were transferred to a number of other government departments. Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islanders Services came under fire from the media in 2004 when it s benefactor, the CEO of ATSIC, Geoff Clark was disgraced by rape allegations. See also Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination External links http www.oipc.gov.au Home page Category Government of Australia Category Indigenous Australian politics Category Organisations serving indigenous Australians Australia gov stub ... more details
The Office of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Health , often known by its acronym OATSIH , is a division of the Government of Australia Australian Government s Department of Health and Ageing Australia Department of Health and Ageing . It was set up in 1994 in the then Department of Human Services and Health to give a greater focus on the health needs of Indigenous Australians in mainstream health programs. On 1 July 1995, following a Government decision to transfer responsibility for Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander health from the Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission to the Health portfolio, the Office assumed responsibility for providing funding to Aboriginal community controlled health and substance misuse services previously administered by ATSIC. The long term strategy of the Office is to improve the access of Indigenous Australians Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islanders TorresStrait Islander peoples to comprehensive primary health care services. The aim is to provide coordinated Medicine Clinical disciplines clinical care , population health and health promotion activities to facilitate illness prevention, early intervention and effective disease management. External links Primarysources date January 2007 http www.health.gov.au internet main publishing.nsf content health oatsih about OATSIH Category Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Category Australian Indigenous health organisations Category Indigenous Australian politics Category Medical and health organisations based in Australia Category 1994 establishments Category Organisations serving indigenous Australians Category Public policy in Australia ... more details
The National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Social Survey NATSISS is a statistical survey administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which collects information on the social situation of Indigenous Australians who are either Aboriginal Australians or TorresStrait Islanders , including on health, education, culture and labour force participation. The surveys are carried out every six years, starting in 2002. It succeeded the National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Survey NATSIS , the last survey of which was carried out in 1994. ref http www.abs.gov.au Ausstats abs .nsf 0d21d0868273a2c3ca25697b00207e97 9ad558b6d0aed752ca256c7600018788 OpenDocument National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Social Survey , Australian Bureau of Statistics , accessed 11 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5uByZlNfL Archived by WebCite on 11 November 2010. ref The 2008 survey was carried out from August 2008 to April 2009 and involved about 13,300 Indigenous Australians. ref http www.abs.gov.au AUSSTATS abs .nsf mf 4714.0 4714.0 National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Social Survey, 2008 , Australian Bureau of Statistics , 30 October 2009, accessed 11 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5uByfR2UW Archived by WebCite on 11 November 2010. ref References reflist Further reading refbegin http www.abs.gov.au ausstats abs .nsf Lookup 4714.0Main Features12002?OpenDocument 4714.0 National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Social Survey, 2002 , Australian Bureau of Statistics , 23 June 2004, accessed 11 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5uBz02cvM Archived by WebCite on 11 November 2010. http www.abs.gov.au AUSSTATS abs .nsf mf 4714.0 4714.0 National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Social Survey, 2008 , Australian Bureau of Statistics , 30 October 2009, accessed 11 November 2010. http www.webcitation.org 5uByfR2UW Archived by WebCite on 11 November ... 9ad558b6d0aed752ca256c7600018788 OpenDocument National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Social ... more details
Orphan date March 2009 The Australia n National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Education Policy AEP is an agreed national policy between the Government of Australia and each Australian governments State and Territory government and is the foundation of education programs for all Indigenous Australians . There are four overarching goals, these goals are Involvement of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander people in educational decision making Equality of access to education services Equity of educational participation Equitable and appropriate educational outcomes A major report, the National Report to Parliament on Indigenous Education and Training ref http www.dest.gov.au sectors indigenous education publications resources profiles national report indigenous education and training 2003 part1.htm National Report to Parliament on Indigenous Education and Training, 2003 ref was presented to the Parliament of Australia in 2003. References references External links http www.dest.gov.au sectors indigenous education programmes funding programme categories support for community organisations national aboriginal and torresstrait islander education.htm National Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Education Policy AEP http www.dest.gov.au sectors indigenous education policy issues reviews national goals for indigenous education.htm National Goals for Indigenous Education http www.eqa.edu.au site aboriginalhistoryis.html Dare to Lead Australia edu stub IndigenousAustralia stub Category Indigenous Australian education ... more details
The National Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander Art Award NATSIAA is one of the most prestigious art awards in Australia. Established in 1984 by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory , and awarded annually, it is sponsored by Telstra , so is commonly known as the Telstra Award . Prize winners include Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Ngoia Napaltjarri Pollard and Dorothy Napangardi . The competition is open to all adult Indigenous Australians Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander artists, with the aim of showcasing the best Contemporary Indigenous Australian art Indigenous art from around the country. The first prize of 40,000 is awarded to the work considered the most outstanding in the exhibition. Additional prizes of 4,000 each are awarded in four media categories. The five categories in which prizes are awarded are the Telstra Award previously called the First Prize the Telstra General Painting Award the Telstra Bark Painting Award the Telstra Work on Paper Award the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award sponsored by Telstra The exhibition features artists from all over Australia ... Australia, promoting the richness of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander art to a wide audience across the country. List of winners Expand section date May 2008 class wikitable bgcolor efefef No. Year ... 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern ... exhibitions natsiaa 27natsiaa.html title 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander Art ... Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern Territory Government ... title Winner Telstra Award date 2006 work 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander ... exhibitions natsiaa pdf 2003natsiaa.pdf title 20th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStrait ... http www.nt.gov.au nreta museums exhibitions natsiaa title 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern Territory Government, Museums and Art Galleries ... more details
Infobox museum name Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies image Lineup ... www.aiatsis.gov.au The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies AIATSIS ... of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies. Canberra Aboriginal Studies Press, 2002 ref ... of ethnographic film making at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander ... of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies. Canberra Aboriginal Studies Press, 2002 ref ... containing hundreds of photographs of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander people. Many of the photos ... Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies Act in 1989. This new Act created a Research ... of AIATSIS under the Act are a to undertake and promote Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander studies b to publish the results of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander studies and to assist in the publication ... and TorresStrait Islander studies and to encourage other persons or bodies to conduct such research d to assist in training persons, particularly Aboriginal persons and TorresStrait Islanders, as research workers in fields relevant to Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander studies e to establish and maintain ... Strait Islander studies f to encourage understanding, in the general community, of Aboriginal and Torres ... by the Minister is a TorresStrait Islander, four other people appointed by the Minister are Aboriginal or TorresStrait Islanders. Current AIATSIS Council Chairperson Professor Michael James Dodson ... and TorresStrait Islander Studies ethical guidelines. In Australian Aboriginal Studies. no. 2,2010, p. 10 21. ref Family history research and the Biographical Index The Aboriginal and TorresStrait ... and TorresStrait Islander Index ref Knowing who you are, where you come from and how you fit in is an important ... in Australia de Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies pt Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies sv Australian Institute of Aboriginal ... more details
The Townsville Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Cultural Centre TATSICC is a cultural exhibit venue for the Indigenous community in North Queensland, located in the Reef HQ Complex in Townsville, Queensland Townsville s Townsville CBD, Queensland City Centre , it showcases Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander history, culture, traditions and heritage to the local, national and international markets. ref name Tvl Bulletin long time campaigners Ian Frazer Mixed feelings Long time campaigners for a cultural centre for indigenous people, Ernie and Maud Hoolihan say the new centre is not the meeting place they envisaged 30 years ago but it s better than nothing. Townsville Bulletin Weekend extra published 14 January 2006 p38 ref ref name Tvl Bulletin Opening postponed Townsville Bulletin Opening postponed published 12 July 2005 p3 ref The centre hosts performance and visual arts events, presenting daily performances of dance, music, story telling and presenting insights into the indigenous people of the North Queensland region. ref name Tvl Sun Townsville Sun Community Newspaper School s over let s get to it published 20 July 2005 p8 ref The centre also provides small business training to Indigenous artists. ref name Tvl Sun Kerri Anne Mesner Artists primed to tap into tourism market Townsville Sun Community Newspaper published 15 June 2005 p11 ref TATSSICC hosts an Interpretive Gallery which houses a selection of historic and contemporary artefacts and information collected from North Queensland. Also included are commercial fine arts gallery exhibits including a selection ... by TorresStrait Islander elders to protect visitors to the centre. ref name Tvl Bulletin spiritual ... of Federation grant of 3 million for a North Queensland Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Cultural Centre . The now defunct Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Commission contributed 2 million ... by Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Elders Advisory Committee of City of Townsville Townsville ... more details
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Infobox Legislation Name Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 enactedby Parliament of Australia longtitle introducedby dateenacted datesigned amendments related The Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 Cth is legislation passed by the Parliament of Australia parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to enable the Commonwealth to intervene and, where necessary, preserve and protect areas and objects of particular significance to Australia s Australian Aborigines Aboriginal or TorresStrait Islanders TorresStrait Islander peoples from being desecrated or injured ref name ATSIHPAct http www3.austlii.edu.au au legis cth consol act aatsihpa1984549 Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 at AustLII . Accessed 2011 10 01 ref External links http www.comlaw.gov.au comlaw Legislation ActCompilation1.nsf 0 55E0993527F830A3CA256FD5001F69E0?OpenDocument Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 at ComLaw . Accessed 2011 10 01 References references Category Australian heritage law Australia law stub ... more details
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