There are two main Indigenous language groups, Kalaw Lagaw Ya and Meriam Mir. Torres Strait Creole is also widely spoken as a language of trade and commerce. Torres Strait Creole · Torres Strait Island languages · Eddie Mabo · Cynthia Lui

27 сент. 2024 г. · Torres Strait Islander peoples, one of Australia's two distinct Indigenous cultural groups, the other being the Aboriginal peoples.

8 нояб. 2022 г. · Their inhabitants have a strong connection to mainland Aboriginal people. Includes: Muralag (Prince of Wales Island), Waiben (Thursday Island), ...

Australia's Indigenous peoples are two distinct cultural groups, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

Torres Strait Islanders are predominantly practising Christians having accepted the teachings of missionaries from the London Missionary Society and blended ...

Islanders are fishermen, agriculturalists, hunters and gatherers and their traditions and culture are regulated by senior men. Communities are organised into ...

This also includes the five aboriginal and islander communities (Bamaga, Seisia, Injinoo, Umagico and New Mapoon), on the Northern Peninsula Area of Cape York.

Although counted as Indigenous Australians, Torres Strait Islander peoples, being predominantly Melanesian, are ethnically and culturally different from ...

21 дек. 2005 г. · In terms of language and culture, the Islanders belonged to five distinct groups, based on their different places of origin, settlement in ...