Who are the Torres Straight Islanders?

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Who are the Torres Straight Islanders?

Answer 1

People from islands in Torres Strait - the strait to the north of Australia between Australia and New Guinea.  Because they are so close to New Guinea their culture is a bit of a blend between Melanesian and Australian Aborigine.

Answer 2

All the islanders in Torres Strait who aren't g*y.

Answer 3

They are the people from Torres Strait Islands.  I know some of theme who live in West Australia.  Beautiful people.

Answer 4

Torres Strait Islanders and the Torres Strait

Torres Strait Islanders are of Melanesian background and have their homeland in the Torres Strait, which is situated between the tip of Cape York and Papua New Guinea.

They number approximately 25,000, with the majority of Islanders living on the mainland of Australia, particularly Queensland.

Of the 5000 or so Islanders living in the Torres Strait, approximately half live on Thursday Island, the commercial centre of the Strait, and the other half are distributed between the 14 inhabited islands throughout the region.

The Islands of the Torres Strait are divided into the following four main regions: the Eastern Islands, which are volcanic in origin, have rich soil and rise sharply from the sea; the Central Islands, which are flat sandy coral cays; the top Western Islands, situated next to the coast of Papua New Guinea, which are low-lying mangrove islands; and the Western Islands, which are remnants of the Australian Great Dividing Range and consist of old volcanic rock and have scrub vegetation.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_Stra...

There are at least 274 islands of the Torres strait which are part of Queensland . Many Torres straight islanders live in Queensland particularly around Cairns and Townsville . They are sea faring people. They are indigenous Australian people akin to New Guineas people.