File Flag of the TorresStrait Islanders.svg 250px thumb right 2 3 FIAV normal TorresStraitIslanderFlag The TorresStraitIslanderFlag is an official Flag of Australia, and is the flag that represents TorresStrait Islanders TorresStraitIslander people. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard Namok ... torresstrait flag.cfm It s an Honour TorresStraitIslanderFlag also Schedule 2 to each of the proclamations ... Australian flags . Retrieved 2011 07 14. FOTW id au tores title TorresStraitIslanderFlag ... and TorresStraitIslander Commission in June 1992. Status The Government of Australia granted it Flag of Australia status, under the Flags Act 1953 , by proclamation on 14 July 1995. ref Commonwealth ... torresstrait flag.cfm Official Australian Government website It s an Honour TorresStraitIslander ... TorresStrait Island culture Category Indigenous Australian politics flag stub de Flagge der Torres ... 1 January. ref http www.comlaw.gov.au Details F2008L00210 Flags Act 1953 Proclamation TorresStraitIslanderFlag from ComLaw . Retrieved 2011 07 13. The only significant change from 1995 is that TorresStraitIslanderflag is altered to TorresStraitIslanderFlag . ref In the 2008 proclamation, the flag is recognised as the flag of the TorresStraitIslander people of Australia and a flag of significance to the Australian nation generally and appointed to be the flag of the TorresStraitIslander people of Australia and to be known as the TorresStraitIslanderFlag . The design is reproduced in Schedule 1 and described in Schedule 2. Although Namok has since died, the TorresStraitIslanderFlag is still subject to Australian copyright law copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 Cth ... 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 ... dancer s headdress around it also symbolises the TorresStrait Islands people. White symbolises peace ... more details
Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Services was part of the now disbanded Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander health from the Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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
Use dmy dates date August 2010 The Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 represent all Australians, ATSIC was a group of elected individuals whose main goal was the oversights that happened to Indigenous Australians . This included people from the many Aboriginal communities ... of ATSIC to Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander people at a regional level. At the time, Indigenous ... to a new independent organisation, Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Services ATSIS . The government ... Project. Indigenous Australians DEFAULTSORT Aboriginal And TorresStraitIslander Commission Category ... in 1990 Category 1990 establishments in Australia de Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Commission ... from the many Melanesian communities inhabiting the islands of the TorresStrait , collectively known as TorresStraitIslander s. Later the TorresStrait Regional Authority took over responsibility for programs in the TorresStrait Islands . The chairpersons of ATSIC were Lowitja O Donoghue 1990 ... more details
The National Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander Social ... more details
Orphan date March 2009 The Australia n National Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 torresstraitislander education.htm National Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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
Infobox museum name Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies image Lineup ... www.aiatsis.gov.au The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies AIATSIS ... of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies. Canberra Aboriginal Studies Press, 2002 ref ... of ethnographic film making at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander ... of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies. Canberra Aboriginal Studies Press, 2002 ref ... containing hundreds of photographs of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander people. Many of the photos ... Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies Act in 1989. This new Act created a Research ... of AIATSIS under the Act are a to undertake and promote Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander studies b to publish the results of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander studies and to assist in the publication ... and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander studies e to establish and maintain ... StraitIslander studies f to encourage understanding, in the general community, of Aboriginal and Torres ... by the Minister is a TorresStraitIslander, four other people appointed by the Minister are Aboriginal ... and TorresStraitIslander Studies ethical guidelines. In Australian Aboriginal Studies. no. 2,2010 ... and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander Studies pt Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies sv Australian Institute of Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Studies ... StraitIslander peoples. It is located on Acton Peninsula in Canberra , Australian Capital Territory ... more details
The National Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander art to a wide audience ... 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern ... exhibitions natsiaa 27natsiaa.html title 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander Art ... Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern Territory Government ... title Winner Telstra Award date 2006 work 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander ... http www.nt.gov.au nreta museums exhibitions natsiaa title 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern Territory Government, Museums and Art Galleries ... exhibitions natsiaa pdf 2003natsiaa.pdf title 20th Telstra National Aboriginal & TorresStraitIslander Art Award NATSIAA date publisher Northern Territory Government, Museums and Art Galleries ... more details
The Townsville Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander elders to protect visitors to the centre. ref name Tvl Bulletin spiritual ... of Federation grant of 3 million for a North Queensland Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Cultural Centre . The now defunct Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Commission contributed 2 million ... by Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Elders Advisory Committee of City of Townsville Townsville ... more details
Infobox Legislation Name Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Heritage Protection Act 1984 enactedby Parliament of Australia longtitle introducedby dateenacted datesigned amendments related The Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander peoples from being desecrated or injured ref name ATSIHPAct http www3.austlii.edu.au au legis cth consol act aatsihpa1984549 Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander 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 TorresStraitIslander Heritage Protection Act 1984 at ComLaw . Accessed 2011 10 01 References references Category Australian heritage law Australia law stub ... more details
Island . The islands indigenous peoples indigenous inhabitants are the TorresStraitIslander s, Melanesia n peoples related to the Papuans of adjoining New Guinea. The various TorresStraitIslander ...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 Torres ... The TorresStrait is a body of water which lies between Australia and the Melanesia n island of New ..., collectively called the TorresStrait Islands . 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 ... on the TorresStrait Islands 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 ... 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 ... Society arrived on Erub Darnley Island in 1871. Although some of the TorresStrait islands ... Manila to South America and chose a route through TorresStrait. This was the first occasion a ship was navigated through TorresStrait from west to east. It was also the first occasion a ship was navigated through the Coral Sea from TorresStrait, south eastward to the southward of New Caledonia . Lihou ... maritime border in the TorresStrait. ref for a detailed map see cite web url http www.ga.gov.au ... more details
. pg 75. ref See also Indigenous Australians Papua New Guinea TorresStraitIslanderFlagTorres ... facts indg overview.html title Australia s Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander peoples work Australia ... of TorresStraitIslander language can be found on the State Library of Queensland s http www.slq.qld.gov.au ... and the Australia national basketball team Australia national team TorresStraitIslander ... staff martin.html Martin Nakata First TorresStraitIslander to gain PhD qualifications Albert Proud ... Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Social Justice Commissioner , http www.humanrights.gov.au ... Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander affairs. Indigenous Australians Indigenous peoples by continent ...dablink This article is about the indigenous peoples of the TorresStrait Islands. 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 TorresStraitIslanderFlag 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 TorresStrait Islands , part of Queensland ... StraitIslander communities on the nearby coast of the mainland at Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga and Seisia, Queensland Seisia . Population Image TorresStraitIslandsMap.png thumb left Map of TorresStrait Islands There are 6,000 TorresStrait Islanders who live in the area of the TorresStrait, and 42,000 ... Strait Island 19th century . The indigenous people of the TorresStrait have a distinct culture ... StraitIslander language speakers and community members living in mainland Queensland. Stories told through this website come from the Margaret Lawrie Collection of TorresStrait Islands material ... Century. Stories, crafts, and games The inhabitants of TorresStrait have a long history of developing ... more details
code time zone utc offset cctld calling code ITU zone footnotes demonym TorresStraitIslander The TorresStrait Regional Authority TSRA is an Australian Government body established to administer the TorresStrait Islands .The TSRA consists of 20 elected representatives. ref cite web url http ... previously conducted by the abolished Aboriginal and TorresStraitIslander Commission . Nearly two ... straittorresstrait flag.aspx Flag of the TSRA and map Category Government of Australia Category ...Use dmy dates date August 2011 Use Australian English date August 2011 Infobox country name TorresStrait Regional Authority common name TorresStrait Islands image flag image coat TorresStrait Regional Authority Logo.gif image map LocationTorres.png map caption The TorresStrait Islands national anthem ... 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 ... to gain official Territory status for the TorresStrait Islands. The plan would see the TSRA and local ... work Torres News ref The islands The TorresStrait Islands lie to the north of Tropical Queensland s Cape York Peninsula and comprise 274 small islands, of which 17 are inhabited, located in TorresStrait ... Strait Regional Authority. ref name tts cite book title The TorresStrait last Kaye first ... Island Nurupai are the most well known of the TorresStrait Islands. Activities on the islands are quite ... other than Thursday and Horn Islands permission is required from the TorresStrait Regional Authority ... strait islands index.cfm Queensland Destinations The TorresStrait Islands . Tourism Queensland ... more details
Infobox country name TorresStrait Islands common name TorresStrait Islands image flagFlag of the TorresStrait Islanders.svg flag caption TorresStraitIslanderFlag image coat TorresStrait Regional Authority Logo.gif image map LocationTorres.png map caption The TorresStrait Islands, a region of the Australia ... TorresStraitIslander The TorresStrait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in TorresStrait , the waterway separating far northern continental Australia s Cape York Peninsula ... much of the TorresStraitIslander people s culture by recording the retelling of local myths and legends ... board comprising 20 representatives from the TorresStraitIslander and Australian Aborigines Aboriginal ... www.tsra.gov.au the torresstraittorresstrait flag.aspx TorresStraitFlag . TorresStrait Regional ... 6,214 were of TorresStrait Islanders TorresStraitIslander . There are two indigenous languages ... of the TorresStrait Regional Authority leader name2 John Toshie Kris leader title3 General Manager of the TorresStrait Regional Authority leader name3 Wayne See Kee sovereignty type Autonomous region ..., administered by the TorresStrait Regional Authority . A few islands very close to the coast of mainland ... torresstrait islands story e6freoof 1225825028712 title Monster tides smother TorresStrait islands ... arrived on Darnley Island, TorresStrait Erub Darnley Island on 1 July 1871. This is referred to by the Islanders ... July. ref name hots cite web url http www.tsra.gov.au the torresstrait general history.aspx title History of TorresStrait to 1879 a regional view author John Burton publisher TorresStrait Regional Authority accessdate 3 July 2011 ref The TorresStrait Islands were annexed in 1879 by Queensland. They thus ... although some of them lie just off the coast of New Guinea. In 1898 1899 the TorresStrait ..., the TorresStrait Islanders become subject to the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale ... from Australia, which it gained in 1975. The TorresStrait Islanders insisted that they were Australians ... 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
of phrases in TorresStraitIslander languages align left English I am an Islander I go home ...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 dialects of the Western Central Language are very close to each other, somewhat like Standard American and Standard British English are to each other. Its vocabulary is potentially 80 non Australian ... 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 ... 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 ... TorresStrait Island Languages Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Australia Category TorresStrait Island culture ... more details
and TorresStraitIslander Studies date 23 February 2008 accessdate 31 March 2008 ref Each was responsible ...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 seat Thursday Island, Queensland Thursday Island mayor Cr Fred Gela region Far North Queensland logo logosize url http www.tsirc.qld.gov.au stategov Electoral district of Cook Cook fedgov Division ... NPA Region near s Shire of TorresTorres near se Coral Sea The TorresStrait Island Region is a Local ... part of the TorresStrait Islands . It was created in March 2008 out of 15 autonomous Island ... on the same day. In 1984, the Community Services TorresStrait Act was enacted by the Queensland Government ... 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 ... 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
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
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 TorresStrait Islands 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 five main dialects Papuan, Western Central, TI, Eastern, and Cape York. Its main characteristics show that it is a Pacific Pidgin, however the future in X i go VERB aligns it with Atlantic Creoles. Related languages are Pijin of the Solomon Islands , Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea , and Bislama of Vanuatu . The other Creoles of Australia Roper River Kriol etc. are more distantly related, being .... 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 ... more details
GeoGroupTemplate The TorresStrait Islands 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 wikitable sortable Name Other names Location Group Population Area br km Aipus Island coord 9.941 S 142.172 E region AU QLD type isle Bellevue Islands Albany Island Queensland Albany Island coord 10.730 S 142.605 E region AU QLD type isle Manar Group Allison Islet Nur Islet coord 10.100 S 142.083 E region AU QLD type isle Anchor Cay coord 9.367 S 144.117 E region AU QLD type isle Arden Island Garboy Island coord 9.867 S 143.167 E region AU QLD type isle Aubussi Island coord 9.233 S 142.167 E region AU QLD type isle Talbot Islands Queensland Talbot Islands Aukane Islet coord 9.867 S 143.400 E region AU QLD type isle Bourke Isles Aureed Island coord 9.950 S 143.283 E region AU QLD type isle Bourke Isles Badu Island, Queensland Badu Island Mulgrave Island coord 10.117 S 142.150 E region AU ... QLD type isle The Three Sisters, TorresStrait The Three Sisters Boigu Island, Queensland Boigu Island ... 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 ... Island TorresStrait Islands West Island Ului Island coord 10.360 S 142.053 E region AU QLD type ... http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 Reports tst atlas tst atlas.htm TorresStrait Atlas Further reading Gadke, Christopher 2001 . The architecture of the TorresStrait Islands ...?q subject 3A 22Waraber Island 2F Sue Islet Qld TSI SC54 12 22&c book Category TorresStrait Islands Category Lists of islands Torres 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 ... Cay coord 9.400 S 144.217 E region AU QLD type isle East Strait Island coord 10.496 S 142.450 E region ... more details
. 39. ref TorresStraitIslander 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 ...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 ... role, defending the islands of the TorresStrait , although in 1943 a detachment was sent to patrol ... 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 ... 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
wiktionary islanderIslander may refer to Watercraft Islander yawl Islander yawl , the second boat sailed around the world single handedly M V Islander MV Islander , a ferry on Vineyard Sound SS Islander SS Islander , a sunken ship that once carried Klondike gold Islander steamboat Islander steamboat , active in the early 1900s on Puget Sound Islander 36 , a model of recreational boat Sports teams New York Islanders , hockey team Puerto Rico Islanders , a soccer club in Puerto Rico Other Britten Norman Islander , a twin engine light aircraft Adventure Island video game Adventure Island video game , known in India as Islander The Islander , a children s fantasy novel by Cynthia Rylant The Islander album The Islander album , by Dave Dobbyn The Islander song The Islander song , by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish Islander database integrative islands in prokaryotic genomes Pacific Islander Disambig nl Islander ... more details
About the Cynthia Rylant book other uses Islander disambiguation Islander Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Islander is a book by the Newbery Medal winning author Cynthia Rylant published in 1998 by Dorling Kindersley . It is the story of Daniel, whose parents have died he goes to live with his grandfather on a remote gray island off British Columbia . Together they live an extremely lonely life, hardly talking to anyone. But the loneliness soon lifts from Daniel when he meets a mermaid . He returns to the shore later, hoping to meet her again, but instead finds a sea otter, who then tosses him a seashell which contains a key. This book is his search to find what the key unlocks. Which is the key to life. External links Isfdb title id 12646 DEFAULTSORT Islander, The Category Children s fantasy novels Category 1998 novels Category Novels set in British Columbia Child fantasy novel stub ... 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 TorresStrait Islands TorresStrait , 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 island. From an Australian birder s perspective, local bird specialities include Grey headed Goshawk , Gurney s Eagle , Rufous bellied Kookaburra , Collared Imperial Pigeon , Orange bellied Fruit Dove , Papuan Needletail , Red capped Flowerpecker , Streak headed Mannikin and Singing Starling . Access Access to these islands is not easy. Permission to visit is required from the island councils. The few birders who visit, do so on pre organised trips by chartered yacht or, occasionally, on day 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 ... 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 ... Category TorresStrait Islands Category Birdwatching ... more details
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