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Bookmark or Share- Torres Strait Islanders - Encyclopedia.comThe Torres Strait Islanders are a Melanesian group who live on the islands of Torres Strait and in coastal communities of Queensland, Australia. The strait is named for its Spanish discoverer, Captain Luis Baez de Torres, who first explored the region in 1606.
- Torres Strait Islands - WikipediaThe Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea.
- Torres Strait Islanders - WikipediaTorres Strait Islanders (/ ˈ t ɒr ɪ s / TORR-iss) [3] are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal peoples of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped with them as Indigenous Australians .
- Indigenous Australians: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopleTorres Strait Islander people prefer to use the name of their home Island to identify themselves to outsiders, for example a Saibai man or woman is from Saibai, or a Meriam person is from Mer. Many Torres Strait Islanders born and raised in mainland Australia still identify according to their Island homes.
- Torres Strait Islander peoples - History, Governance, Culture | BritannicaThe occupation of the Torres Strait region by European settlers and Christian missionaries as well as by Asian pearlers and bêche-de-mer fishermen (trepangers) significantly influenced Torres Strait Islander culture, law, and society.
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