SaibaiIsland Australia native name native name link nickname location Torres Strait coordinates ... admin divisions flag Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Shire country admin divisions 1 Shire of Torres country admin divisions title 2 Island Region country admin divisions 2 Top Western country largest city Saibai country largest city population 171 population 337 population as of 2006 density km2 3.1 ethnic groups Torres Strait Islanders additional info SaibaiIsland coord 9 24 S 142 ... Saibai People v Queensland vol 1999 reporter FCA opinion 158 court Federal Court of Australia ... Saibai is a fairly large low lying island only 8 km from the Papua New Guinea mainland. ref ... books?id TnFnB7oiBgC accessdate ref After SaibaiIsland was devastated by abnormally high tides ... inland of Red Island, the new town was named Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga . Later some moved to a new settlement at Red Island Point on the coast and named it Seisia, Queensland Seisia . ref Cite web title Seisia Holiday Park History SaibaiIsland, Bamaga, Seisia publisher Seisia Holiday Park, Koraba ... Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan Islands Torres Strait SaibaiIsland Airport References Reflist External ...Infobox islands name Saibai image name Saibai Landsat .png image caption Landsat image of Saibai image ... islands Saibai, Kauamag area km2 107.9 length km 21.8 width km 5.2 highest mount unnamed elevation ... , between the Australian mainland and the island of New Guinea . Most of the island is held under ... books?id oothEAhYwOMC accessdate 18 January 2012 ref Close north is uninhabited Kauamag Island , separated from Saibai by a channel that is seven kilometres long, between 180 and 650 metres wide, and nearly blocked at its east end. The island is flat, predominantly mangrove swamplands, with the highest ... coincides with king tides. A bitumen airstrip allows year round access. The main village of Saibai ..., numbers 128. Islanders The island is about 24 km by 8 km, ref name cpa4wde but only ... more details
SaibaiIsland Airport airport codes SBR YSII is an airport in SaibaiIsland, QueenslandSaibaiIsland , Queensland , Australia . Airlines and destinations Aero Tropics Air Services Boigu Island, Horn Island, Warraber Island, Yam Island Regional Pacific Airlines Badu Island, Horn Island References GCM SBR SBR YSII ASN SBR External links http www.ozoutback.com.au postcards postcards forms tsi saibai Source 10.htm Picture of Saibai Airport coord 9.3793 142.6264 scale 20000 region AU display title Airports in Australia Category Airports in QueenslandQueensland airport stub ... more details
float center lat 9.096 long 142.078 map caption Boigu IslandQueensland, Australia native name native ... on nearby SaibaiIsland in 1871. At contact, Boigu people were harassed by the Marind anim , fierce ... and territories of Australia State country admin divisions Flag Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Shire country admin divisions 1 Shire of Torres country admin divisions title 2 Island Region ... info Boigu Island Coord 9 16 S 142 13 E region AU QLD type isle display inline,title is the most northerly inhabited island of Queensland and of 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 ... an area of 89.6 km . It is the largest and only inhabited island of the three Talbot Islands ... Strait. The specific dialect is Kalau Kawau Ya , also spoken on Dauan and Saibai . The people ... staying with family on Saibai and Dauan for mutual protection. Geography Boigu is approximately 18 ... coral platform which rises from the shallow continental shelf , eventually creating the island. Most of the island is subject to extensive periodic flooding, and as a result the community township ... as a part of Boigu island, more accurately of the Talbot Islands, Torres Strait Talbot Islands , these are Aubisi Island and Moimi Island. Ecology The island is considered part of the New Guinea mangroves ecoregion , a subset of the Australasia ecozone . The interior of the island is sparsely vegetated, and mainly swampland . The coast is fringed by mangrove s, which act to protect against the island ... of saltwater crocodile . The waters surrounding the island are an important habitat ecology habitat ... . See also Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan Islands Torres Strait Population Boigu is predominantly ... 340 people. Currently there are approximately 260 people living on the island 2008 . The village of Boigu at the northern end of the island is the northernmost settlement of Australia. The northernmost ... more details
Yam Island also Yama , Iama or Turtle backed Island is an island of the Bourke Isles , 100 km northeast of Thursday Island , Queensland , Australia , in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . Its indigenous language is Kulkalgau Ya, a dialect of the Western Central Torres Strait Language see Kala Lagaw Ya . The population of Yam was 338 in 2001. The area measures about two square kilometers. History The original inhabitants traded and fought widely ... 5e yam island MABO AND OTHERS v. QUEENSLAND No. 2 1992 175 CLR 1 F.C. 92 014 Portal Queensland coord 9.900 S 142.767 E region AU QLD type isle display title Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Yam Island ... named Tudu Warrior Island after an attack they later made. The London Missionary Society established ... during the 1870s with another at Nahgi Mount Ernest Island, Torres Strait Mount Ernest Island , southwest ... until well after the War. An airstrip was constructed in 1974 and the island s connection to the Torres ... Lui Junior, former chairman of the Island Coordinating Council. Pre History Yam Island also ... down to Torres Strait and settled on Yama, and then spread from there to different island groups ... of the women, though apparently purists who wanted to keep the blood clean moved north to Saibai ... elements. According to Papuan legend get reference , a developing mud island near the mouth of a river to the south of the Fly Delta was first settled by people from Yama who named the island Dhaaru ... inland, and some went across to Saibai, Boigu and Dauan to join their fellow Islanders there. However ... suggests that the name of the island was originally Yamu many words that originally ended in u in Kulkalgau ... a part of the traditional trade netwoek See also Yam Island Airport External links http tsieducation.eq.edu.au ... A002264b.htm David on behalf of the Iama People and Tudulaig v State of Queensland 2004 FCA 1576 ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 King Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is northeast of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island and Flinders Island, Queensland Flinders Island in the Flinders Group National Park . Coord 14.096 144.333 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Orphan date October 2006 att March 2011 Island Head is at the northern end of a mountainous peninsula on the Central Queensland, Australia Queensland coast between Yeppoon, Queensland Yeppoon and St Lawrence, Queensland St Lawrence . It has two natural harbours, Port Clinton, Queensland Port Clinton in the south and Island Head Creek, QueenslandIsland Head Creek in the north. The western side of the peninsula is Shoalwater Bay , a well known military training area. coord 22 19 51.08 S 150 39 39.8 E type landmark region AU display title Queensland geo stub Category Headlands of Queensland ... more details
Infobox Australian place type suburb name Clear Island Waters city Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast state qld image caption lga Gold Coast City postcode 4226 est pop 4,091 2006 ref name abs Census 2006 AUS id SSC32066 name Clear Island Waters State Suburb accessdate 2009 05 10 quick on ref area stategov Electoral district of Mermaid Beach Mermaid Beach fedgov Division of McPherson McPherson dist2 location2 dist1 location1 near nw Carrara, Queensland Carrara near n Broadbeach Waters, Queensland Broadbeach Waters near ne Broadbeach Waters, Queensland Broadbeach Waters near w Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac near e Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters near sw Robina, Queensland Robina near s Robina, Queensland Robina near se Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . At the Census in Australia 2006 2006 Census , Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,091. The suburb is a mid to high socioeconomic residential area surrounding the artificial canals of Clear Island Lake and Boobegan Creek. Facilities Clear Island Waters is primarily a residential suburb, and most major facilities are accessible from adjacent suburbs. Surfside Buslines provide public transport throughout the city. Schools St Vincents Catholic Primary School is the only school in Clear Island Waters, located at the northeastern end of the suburb. High schools are located in adjacent suburbs in Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters , Robina, Queensland Robina , Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac and Carrara, Queensland Carrara . Golf courses Surfers Paradise Golf Club and Merrimac Golf Course are both located in Clear Island Waters. The surrounding suburbs also contain many golf courses. References reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au clear island waters University of QueenslandQueensland Places Clear Island Waters Localities in Gold Coast Category Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland GoldCoastQLD ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Watson Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the Southern most island in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km South East of Cape Melville , Queensland. This island is North West of Howick Island, Queensland Howick Island . Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 144.893 lat 14.465 Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland national park stub ... more details
Fisher Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park , Queensland , Australia . It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape Grenville . The island, along with neighbouring Baird Island Baird , Beesley IslandQueensland Beesley and Farmer IslandQueensland Farmer Islands , constitutes the Piper Islands Important Bird Area , so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for Pied Imperial Pigeon s and Black Noddy Black Noddies . ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Piper Islands. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 19 09 2011. ref References reflist Coord 12.258 143.235 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Important Bird Areas of QueenslandQueensland national park stub id Pulau Fisher Queensland ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Pigeon Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Weymouth Bay North of Lockhart River, Queensland LockhartRiver and Iron Range National Park Cape York Peninsula , Queensland . The island is a few hundred metres from the mouth of the Pascoe River . Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category National parks of QueenslandQueensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Low Island North Queensland is about 25 km north east of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas in Trinity Bay Queensland Trinity Bay , North Queensland . Low Island is part of the Low Isles. Low Isles consists of two islands, Woody Island, Queensland Woody Island an uninhabited coral mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle which is a smaller vegetated, sandy, coral cay surrounded by Convert 55 acre m2 of reef a typical tropical island like you see on the movies. The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island on a daily basis via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessel can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station , an active lighthouse named Low Isles Light and the University of Queensland s research station. No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands the main activity is snorkelling and diving. Wide image Low Isles panorama.jpg 1300 px Low Isles panorama. Low Island is on the right Coord 16.386 145.559 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands of Queensland Category Commonwealth Heritage List Queensland geo stub ... more details
for the National Park Fitzroy Island National Park Fitzroy Island originally Koba or Gabar is a continental island out from Djujbirri formally known as Cape Grafton , 29 km south east of Cairns , Queensland , Australia . See also Fitzroy Island National Park Portal Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub coord 16 56 S 146 00 E display title region AU type isle source GNS enwiki 1stVoyageCookAus Category Australian Aboriginal mythology Category Cultural Landscapes of North East Queensland Category Far North Queensland Category Islands of Queensland ... more details
other Coconut Island disambiguation Coconut Island Poruma Island, Puruma in the local language is an island 130km northeast of Thursday Island, Queensland Thursday Island , Queensland , Australia in the Great North East Channel near Cumberland Passage , Torres Strait . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . The population of the island is about 180 inhabitants. The ancestors of Coconut Island built their houses out of grass, coconut leaves and trees that floated down from the Fly River jungles of Papua New Guinea . The islands have sea turtle hatcheries, bird life, giant clam ground, huge palms, World War II relics and massive sand flats. Language The language of Puruma is the Kulkalgau Ya dialect of Kala Lagaw Ya . See also Coconut Island Airport External links http www.poruma.com The Poruma resort Portal Queensland Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Coconut Island ... more details
Woody Island is about convert 25 km 0 abbr on northeast of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas in Trinity Bay Queensland Trinity Bay , North Queensland . With the neighbouring Low Island, Queensland Low Island , it comprises the Low Isles. Woody Island is an uninhabited coral mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle, a typical tropical island with vegetation and a sandy, coral cay surrounded by convert 55 acre m2 of reef. The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessels can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station, a lighthouse and the University of Queensland have a research station. No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands the main activity is snorkeling and diving as the coral is excellent. Woody Island is listed as being the site of a United States Army Air Forces USAAF Douglas DB 7 A 20 A 20 Havoc crash in World War II . http home.st.net.au dunn ronqld.htm Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 145.569 lat 16.388 Category Islands of QueenslandQueensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 High Island , North Queensland, is part of the Frankland Islands , 30 km northeast of Babinda and southwest of Cairns . The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent and migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group, offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. These islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. The alternative name for this island is Caparra Island. The island was used as a filming location in Ocean Girl . Aerial photos and maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 146.010 lat 17.158 Category Islands of Queensland Category Far North Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Pig Island is a small island in far north Queensland , Australia 19 km North East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland , Australia and is part of the Cockburn Islands Group. It is to the north of Bootie IslandQueensland Bootie Island , Manley Islet and Buchen Rock within the Cockburn Reef adjacent to Pollard Channel and next to the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland Sir Charles Hardy Islands . Coord 11.837 143.315 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title References references Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef ... more details
Snapper Island is an island at the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland , Australia , some 20 km north of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas . It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as the Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park ref sinpmp . Snapper Island is a popular tourism and sea kayaking destination. Indigenous culture The island is part of the traditional sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people. The Kuku Yalanji people hunt and fish around the island and traditionally manage the island s culture Other history In the early 1900s, Jerry Doyle dn date November 2011 operated a lime kiln on the island, fired by wood from the Daintree, ferried over on a vessel called the Nellie . Beche de mer sea cucumbers processing boiling may also have been undertaken here. There is evidence of remains of an early Chinese market garden on the island, the watercourse stonework of which is still visible today. This island was a stopover by George Elphinstone Dalrymple before he discovered the Daintee River. http www.daintreecoast.com daintree.htm References note sinpmp State of Queensland Environmental Protection Agency 2003 . http www.epa.qld.gov.au publications p00141aa.pdf Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park.pdf Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park . Retrieved September 14, 2005. Coord 16.297 145.499 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Australian place type island name Flinders Island state qld image caption postcode pop pop footnotes est elevation coordinates coord 14 10 48 S 144 15 36 E display title,inline pushpin label position right latd 14 latm 10 lats 48 longd 144 longm 15 longs 36 maxtemp mintemp rainfall lga Cook Shire Council stategov Electoral district of Cook Cook fedgov Division of Leichhardt Leichardt dist1 dir1 location1 timezone utc timezone dst utc dst Flinders Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is north of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island in the Flinders Group National Park . It is separated from Stanley Island, Queensland Stanley Island by Owen Channel and Maclear Island by Fly Channel . In the nineteenth century it was one of the earliest centres recruiting lugger crews for the pearling trade. There is a major residential site on the sandspit. The island is a popular tourist destination with an anchorage point for yachts. Flinders Island is an integral part of the mythological complex of the Flinders Group. See also Flinders Island language References Reflist Queensland national park stub Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef id Pulau Flinders Queensland zh classical ... more details
Other uses Rattlesnake Island disambiguation Rattlesnake Island Infobox islands name Rattlesnake Island local name native name image name Palm Islands context map en.png thumb image caption Rattlesnake Island and surrounds click to zoom image size locator map map caption locator map size nickname location Halifax Bay coordinates Coord 19.033 146.610 format dms type isle region AU QLD display inline,title archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Australia additional info Rattlesnake Island is one of the island s South of the Palm Islands, Queensland Great Palm Island group, northwest of Magnetic Island and directly east of Rollingstone, Queensland Rollingstone in the Halifax Bay . RAAF Base Townsville No. 323 Combat Support Squadron RAAF conducts live firing with Aircraft of the RAAF military aircraft on regular occasions. When the RAAF are not live firing, they also conduct survival courses on the island. ref Air Force News Feb 2002 , accessed May 2006 http www.defence.gov.au news raafnews editions 4403 story06.htm ref See also List of islands of Australia Queensland List of islands of Queensland References Reflist Great Palm Island group Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category North Queensland ... more details
File Pied Imperial pigeon Ducula bicolor National Aviary 1300px.jpg thumb right 200px The island is an important breeding site for Pied Imperial pigeons Night Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park west of Cape Melville , Queensland , Australia . It lies east of Coen between the first three mile opening and the second three mile opening of the Barrier Reef about 100 km south east of Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River . It is part of the Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area . ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Islands North of Port Stewart. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 2011 07 12. ref References reflist Portal Queensland Coord 13.368 143.577 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Important Bird Areas of Queensland Category Far North QueenslandQueensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Round Island North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands 30 km North East of Babinda and South West of Cairns . The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent & migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. These islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 146.090 lat 17.217 Category Islands of QueenslandQueensland geo stub ... more details
Crab Island Moent Island is an uninhabited island west of Muttee Heads and the coastal community of Seisia which is adjacent to Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait Queensland , Australia in the Torres Strait . It has an area of 2.62207 km 262.207 hectare s or 647.905 acres ref http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 Reports tst atlas svgmap Torres Strait Atlas.htm ref . The distance to the closest mainland close to Slade Point is 1.4 kilometers. Crab Island lies between Australia and the Melanesia n island of New Guinea in the southwestern part of the Torres Strait , facing the Arafura Sea to the west. It is the most significant breeding ground of the Flatback Turtle Chelonia depressa and occasional nesting by Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepidochelys olivacea . This island is south of the Torres Strait Islands Aerial photos & maps Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 142.106 lat 10.973 Category Torres Strait Islands Category Uninhabited islands of Australia Queensland geo stub de Crab Island Torres Strait ... more details
Infobox islands name Kent Island native name or local name to remove the native name prefix sobriquet ... location Coral Sea coordinates archipelago Barnard Island Group National Park Barnard Island Group total ... divisions title State country admin divisions Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Region country admin divisions 1 Far North Queensland country admin divisions title 2 Local Government Area country ... km2 density footnotes ethnic groups website additional info Kent Island is about 80 km North of Dunk Island and east of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation Cowley Beach Training area and north of the Barnard Island Group National Park South Barnard Islands . North west of Kent Island is Jessie Island , Hutchinson Island and Bresnahan Island. Geography The island is part of the Barnard Island Group National Park North Barnard Islands which includes a total of five islands. ref name nch cite web url http www.derm.qld.gov.au parks barnard island culture.html title Barnard Island ... and Resource Management accessdate 25 October 2011 ref These islands are high continental island s which rise from the seafloor. ref name nch History The waters around the island were inhabited by the Mamu people. ref name nch A small lighthouse was built on the island in 1897. ref name nch Protected area Kent Island is protected by the Department of Environment and Resource Management because migratory birds rest here. Recreational activities The island is also a site for popular tourist kayaking and there have been sightings of humpback whale s. Camping is permitted on the island. ref name qh cite web url http www.queenslandholidays.com.au things to see and do barnard island group national park index.cfm title Things To See and Do Barnard Island Group National Park author date work Queensland Holidays publisher Tourism Queensland accessdate 25 October 2011 ref See also Portal Queensland List of islands of Australia Protected areas of Queensland References Reflist Coord 17.676 146.180 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Australian place type island name Eclipse Island state qld image caption postcode pop pop footnotes est elevation coordinates coord 18 46 16 S 146 33 07 E display title,inline pushpin label position left latd 18 latm 46 lats 16 longd 146 longm 33 longs 07 maxtemp mintemp rainfall lga Townsville City Council stategov Electoral district of Townsville Townsville fedgov Division of Dawson Dawson dist1 dir1 location1 timezone utc timezone dst utc dst Infobox islands name Eclipse Island local name native name Garoogubbee image name image caption image size locator map map caption locator map size nickname location coordinates coord 18 46 16 S 146 33 07 E display inline archipelago Palm Islands, Queensland Great Palm Island group total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population ? population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Australia additional info Eclipse Island is one of the island s in the Palm Islands, Queensland Great Palm Island group off the coast of Queensland , Australia . The nearest island is Great Palm Island , after which the group is named. The Aboriginal term for this island is Garoogubbee Island. See also List of islands of Australia Queensland List of islands of Queensland Aerial photos & maps Eclipse Island is at coord 18 46 16 S 146 33 07 E display inline References Reflist External links Great Palm Island group Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef id Eclipse, Queensland ... more details
File Prince of wales island torres strait cape york queensland australia.jpg thumb alt Prince of Wales Island, Cape York, Australia. Prince of Wales Island. For other islands named after the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales Island disambiguation Prince of Wales Island Infobox islands name Prince of Wales Island image name TorresStraitIslandsMap.png image caption Muralug on map image size locator map ... IslandQueensland native name http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 ... POWIsland.shtml Page of the Council relating to Prince of Wales Island Portal Queensland 1stVoyageCookAus DEFAULTSORT Prince Of Wales IslandQueensland Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland ... major islands Prince of Wales Island, Thursday Island area km2 204.6 length km 19.5 width km 18.6 ... and territories of Australia State country admin divisions flag Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Shire country admin divisions 1 Shire of Torres country admin divisions title 2 Island Region ... info largest island of the Torres Strait Islands Prince of Wales Island Muralug Island is an island convert 20 km mi abbr on north of Muttee Heads which is adjacent to Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait Queensland , Australia in the Torres Strait and south of Thursday Island . With an area of convert 204.6 km sqmi 0 abbr on , Prince of Wales Island is the largest of the Torres Strait Islands . Being inhabited only by a few Kaurareg families ..., after the native name of the island. The northeastern corner of the island, Kiwain Point, is only convert 830 m yd 0 abbr on away from Vivien Point of Thursday Island , the main and most populous of the Torres Strait Islands, separated by Normanby Sound . Muralag or Muralug Island, also known as Prince ... been returned to the Kaurareg People , who are the traditional owners of the island. See also List of islands of Australia Queensland List of islands of Queensland Coord 10.684 142.185 format dms type ... more details
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