516:. While the Torres Strait Light Infantry were respected as soldiers, they only received one third of the pay given to white Australian servicemen. On 31 December 1943, members of the Torres Strait Light Infantry went on strike calling for equal pay and equal rights for all soldiers. The Australian Government agreed to increase their pay to two thirds the level received by white servicemen. Full back pay was offered in compensation to the Torres Strait servicemen by the Australian Government in the 1980s. In the post-war period, the pearling industry declined across Torres Strait, and Islanders were permitted to work and settle on Thursday Island and the
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lead a punitive expedition against the raiders but were unable to find them. Chester left a quantity of firearms with the people of Boigu for their self-defence. In 1896, a retaliatory expedition led by
British officials based in Daru in West Papua diminished the threat of the Marind-Anim, but raids
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was a project delivered through a partnership between Arts
Queensland, the State Library of Queensland, and respective shire and regional councils across Queensland. The partnership commenced in 2009 and continued for many years. Projects were delivered during school holidays and covered themes
441:. This business encouraged Islander communities to cooperatively rent or purchase their own pearl luggers or "company boats". The boats were used to harvest pearl shells and beche-de-mer, which were sold and distributed by the company. The people of Dauan had purchased their first company boat,
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The north-western island group is located close to the Papua New Guinea border and forms the most northern point of
Australia's territory. Situated on a narrow coastal strip, Dauan is well known throughout the Torres Strait for its freshwater permanent springs, fertile soil and steep hills. The
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asserted its right to the islands and waters of the Torres
Straits. In December 1978, a treaty was signed by the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments that described the boundaries between the two countries and the use of the sea area by both parties. Commencing in February 1985, the
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In 1936, around 70% of the Torres Strait
Islander workforce went on strike in the first organised challenge against government authority made by Torres Strait Islanders. The nine-month strike was an expression of Islanders’ anger and resentment at the increasing government control of their
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304:(also known as Kalau Kawau Ya, KKY) is one of the languages of the Torres Strait. Kalaw Kawaw Ya is the traditional language owned by the Top Western islands of the Torres Strait. The Kalaw Kawaw Ya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the
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livelihood. The strike was a protest against government interference in wages, trade and commerce and called for the lifting of evening curfews, the removal of the permit system for inter-island travel, and the recognition of the
Islanders’ right to recruit their own boat crews.
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took place from 2 to 6 July 2013, for community members, children and young people, Elders, local artists, knowledge experts and visiting arts workers to celebrate culture through the arts. At the end of the week-long project, an interactive bilingual book, called
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lay pastors, Josaia and Sivene, were appointed to work as missionary teachers at Dauan and Saibai. LMS missionaries revisited Dauan and Saibai in 1872, and found that Josaia and Sivene had been accepted by the
Islanders and given land by the local chiefs.
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and Saibai, which lay beyond the previous 60 nautical mile limit. The new legislation enabled the
Queensland Government to control and regulate bases for the beche-de-mer and pearling industries which had previously operated outside its jurisdiction.
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on 15 March 2008, members of the 15 communities comprising the Torres Strait Island
Regional Council local government area each voted for a local councillor and a mayor to constitute a council consisting of 15 councillors plus a mayor.
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boats began working the reefs of Torres Strait. Pearling bases were never established on Dauan, but in the 1870s, European pearl and beche-de-mer operators began recruiting men from the North
Western Islands to work on their luggers.
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Dauan was often used as a place of sanctuary by the people of Boigu and Saibai, as it was surrounded by reefs and strong currents that were difficult for the raiders to negotiate in their canoes. Government officials
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for former Anglicans. A former priest and vicar-general of the Church of Torres Strait, Fr G.W. Barnier OLSC was ordained as a Catholic deacon (24 April 2013) and priest two days later on 26 April 2013 by
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were issued by the British Government in 1872 creating a new colony, which encompassed all islands within a 60 nautical mile radius of the coast of Queensland. This boundary was further extended by the
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recruited Torres Strait Islander men to serve in the armed forces. Enlisted men from Dauan and other island communities formed the
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A History of Colonial Occupation and Culture Contact 1864-1897
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1748:(Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1994)
289:(Dow-a-nal-gal) people, is considered to be part of the
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1019:Traditional Fishing in the Torres Strait Islands
466:In the 1930s, a mission school was established.
1732:Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism
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