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Customary tenure of
Bramble Cay is held by the people of Erub (Darnley), the closest inhabited island, 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-southwest. Darnley Islanders travel to Bramble Cay to collect turtle and bird eggs during the nesting season, and also grant people of the neighbouring Eastern
672:, specifically of the Eastern Islands Region. Although the island is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Seabed and Fisheries Jurisdiction Line between Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Australian sovereignty is undisputed and explicitly recognized by Papua New Guinea.
1330:"Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters [1985] ATS 4"
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was and is Maizab Kaur (also spelt Maizub Kaur). People from Erub have been visiting the island for many generations, to hunt and gather food and to look after the environment. Certain families have ancestral connections with the cay.
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plants, to about 40 cm (16 in) in height. Although 11 species of plants have been recorded on the island in the past, only three to five species have been recorded as present at the same time. Common species include
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In 1862, a mining lease was granted to the Anglo-Australian Guano
Company and occasionally boats would come to mine the low grade phosphatic rock but due to its low quality, the company did not create a permanent base there.
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Confirmation of the extinction of the
Bramble Cay melomys Melomys rubicola on Bramble Cay, Torres Strait: results and conclusions from a comprehensive survey in August–September 2014
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The 17-metre (56 ft) automatic lighthouse, located east of the centre of the cay, is the only human structure on the island. It is maintained by the
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through the Torres Strait, which has made it significant to human history. The name, Bramble Cay, derives from
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of which is doubtful. Bramble Cay and the reefs and rocks close by are separated from other reefs and islets further south by
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mark. It is the most northerly navigation aid in
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and several species of seabird, and is notably the site of the first extinction of a mammal species due to
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the most common one observed in the 1990s. Other species observed at that time included the
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colony in the region. A variety of birds nest on the northern side of the cay, with the
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is 3.62 hectares (8.9 acres) in size, and lies about 50 km (31 mi) north of
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sand, compacted guano and, at its south-eastern end, a low phosphatic rock platform".
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name for the
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in PNG (at around 55 kilometres (34 mi) southeast).
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located at the northeastern edge of Australia and the
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1042:"Unattended lighthouse, Bramble Cay, Torres Strait"
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1073:"Lighthouses of Australia: Far North Queensland"
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752:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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1149:"Melomys rubicola - Bramble Cay Melomys"
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809:Mounter, Brendan (19 August 2021).
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930:Map 8 Darnley Island and surrounds
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2381:Warraber Island Airport
2003:Torres Strait Islanders
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2287:Akiba v Commonwealth
2216:Torres Strait Creole
1003:on 26 February 2009.
879:Country Needs People
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2356:Eborac Island Light
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1237:World Flora Online
1102:Geographical Names
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269:Maizub Kaur
265:Maizab Kaur
261:Bramble Cay
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109: /
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2492:Categories
2477:See also:
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2061:Rita Mills
2046:Eddie Mabo
2041:Robert Lui
2036:Ellen Jose
2016:Seaman Dan
1878:Red Wallis
1846:North West
1772:Hawkesbury
1525:Port Lihou
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664:Governance
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383:Meriam Mir
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1701:Dalrymple
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434:The sand
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1692:Coconut
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1437:Mabuiag
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