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1077:Patty Mills
961:Turtle Head
779:Great Woody
753:East Strait
737:Deliverance
638:Yorke group
539:Inner group
226:Arafura Sea
193:within the
171:Crab Island
164:Uninhabited
111:Adjacent to
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73:Coordinates
22:Crab Island
1513:Categories
1498:See also:
1269:Governance
1117:Brent Webb
1082:Rita Mills
1067:Eddie Mabo
1062:Robert Lui
1057:Ellen Jose
1037:Seaman Dan
899:Red Wallis
867:North West
793:Hawkesbury
546:Port Lihou
321:References
218:New Guinea
216:island of
214:Melanesian
203:Queensland
161:Population
150:Queensland
82:10°58′23″S
1463:Sea Swift
1204:Languages
1154:Taba Naba
1097:Tanu Nona
1015:languages
979:Wednesday
976:Underdown
956:Turnagain
747:Dumaralug
722:Dalrymple
661:Ungrouped
494:Kabbikane
173:, called
137:Australia
58:Geography
1485:Category
1189:(people)
1176:Kaurareg
1022:Notable
931:Thursday
923:Stephens
885:Portlock
836:Mouinndo
773:Getullai
759:Farewell
756:Entrance
703:Campbell
454:Keatinge
451:Kamutnab
437:Bellevue
408:List of
275:See also
63:Location
1495:Commons
1181:Mabuiag
1131:Culture
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945:Trochus
938:Travers
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876:Passage
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458:Mabuiag
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709:Castle
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670:Anchor
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574:Eborac
567:Albany
528:Maitak
517:Duncan
497:Layoak
491:Aureed
488:Aukane
480:Bourke
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424:islets
412:topics
348:31 May
244:) and
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183:Seisia
1426:Other
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995:Yorke
985:Whale
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893:Quoin
873:Packe
861:North
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782:Green
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730:Dauan
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653:Smith
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1144:Mabo
991:York
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