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unusual facts about Torres Strait Islands


Lucy Irvine

In 1980, Irvine responded to an advert placed by writer Gerald Kingsland and they became self-imposed castaways for a year on the isolated and uninhabited island of Tuin, in the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia.


Japanese settlement in Papua New Guinea

The first recorded Japanese presence in German New Guinea dates back to the beginning of the 20th century when a pearl diver, Isokichi Komine from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait Islands relocated to Rabaul in October 1901.


see also

Mabo

Eddie Mabo, a man from the Torres Strait Islands who fought a court case, attempting to assert a legal title over his tribe's traditional lands

Mills Sisters

Mills Sisters is a group of three sisters from Torres Strait Islands, Rita and twins Cessa and Ina.