Table of Contents
- 1 Where did Torres Strait Islanders come from?
- 2 What ocean is the Torres Strait in?
- 3 How many regions are there in the Torres Strait?
- 4 What area do Torres Strait Islander people originate from and where is the Torres Strait Island located?
- 5 When did the Torres Strait Islanders come to Australia?
- 6 Is Torres Strait international waters?
- 7 Are Torres Strait Islanders considered Australian?
- 8 Why did Torres Strait Islanders move to the mainland?
- 9 Where are the Torres Strait Islands located in Australia?
- 10 Who are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands?
- 11 Who was the first person to come to Torres Strait?
Where did Torres Strait Islanders come from?
Torres Strait Islander peoples come from the islands of the Torres Strait, between the tip of Cape York in Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Torres Strait Islanders are of Melanesian origin with their own distinct identity, history and cultural traditions.
What ocean is the Torres Strait in?
western Pacific Ocean
Torres Strait, passage between the Coral Sea, on the east, and the Arafura Sea, in the western Pacific Ocean. To the north lies New Guinea and to the south Cape York Peninsula (Queensland, Australia).
Where are the Torres Strait Islanders located?
Queensland
The Torres Strait is Australia’s northern-most frontier, stretching from the tip of Queensland to the southern shores of Papua New Guinea. There are over 200 islands scattered throughout the Torres Strait, and of these 17 are inhabited.
How many regions are there in the Torres Strait?
Torres Strait communities The Torres Strait consists of eighteen island and two Northern Peninsula Area communities.
What area do Torres Strait Islander people originate from and where is the Torres Strait Island located?
Five communities of Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal Australians live on the coast of mainland Queensland, mainly at Bamaga, Seisia, Injinoo, Umagico and New Mapoon in the Northern Peninsula area of Cape York.
Where is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture from?
Australia
Australia is home to the oldest continuing living culture in the entire world. The richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia is something we should all take pride in as a nation.
When did the Torres Strait Islanders come to Australia?
The first inhabitants of the Torres Strait migrated from the Indonesian archipelago 70,000 years ago, when Papua New Guinea was still attached to the Australian continent. The first navigator credited with coming across the islands is the Spaniard, Luis Vaez de Torres, who sailed through the Strait in 1606.
Is Torres Strait international waters?
Geography. The strait links the Coral Sea to the east with the Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria in the west. Although it is an important international sea lane, it is very shallow (water depth of 7 to 15 m, 23 to 49 ft), and the maze of reefs and islands can make it hazardous to navigate.
Who is the Torres Strait region named after?
Torres Strait is named after a Spanish captain, Torres, who sailed through Torres Strait in 1606 on his way to Manila in the Philippines. Although he wrote a letter to the King of Spain describing his voyage, it seems this was kept a secret from mapmakers until 1762 when the archives at Manila were opened to others.
Are Torres Strait Islanders considered Australian?
Torres Strait Islanders are First Nations Australians who come from the islands of the Torres Strait, between Cape York in Queensland and Papua New Guinea. They are of Melanesian origin and have differing identities, histories and cultural traditions to Aboriginal Australians.
Why did Torres Strait Islanders move to the mainland?
Torres Strait Islanders are from the Torres Strait Islands region. Some Torres Strait Islander peoples have moved to mainland Australia either through forced removal or for employment and education.
When did Torres Strait Islanders come to Australia?
Where are the Torres Strait Islands located in Australia?
The Torres Strait Islands are part of the Australian state of Queensland. Situated between mainland Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait Islands are the only part of Australia sharing a border with another country.
Who are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands?
Each country exercises sovereign jurisdiction for resources on either side of the agreed jurisdiction lines. The islands’ indigenous inhabitants are the Torres Strait Islanders, who are distinct from both the Papuans of adjoining New Guinea and from Aboriginal groups on the nearby Australian mainland but related to both.
When did the Torres Strait Islands become a colony?
The London Missionary Society arrived on Erub (Darnley Island) in 1871. Although some of the Torres Strait islands lie just off the coast of New Guinea, they were annexed in 1879 by Queensland, then a British colony.
Who was the first person to come to Torres Strait?
Colonial history of the Torres Strait: The first inhabitants of the Torres Strait migrated from the Indonesian archipelago 70,000 years ago, when Papua New Guinea was still attached to the Australian continent. The first navigator credited with coming across the islands is the Spaniard, Luis Vaez de Torres, who sailed through the Strait in 1606.
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