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Horn Island, Queensland

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for them to be a significant threat. The dry season runs from May to November, and features lower humidity and little rainfall. Horn Island has never recorded a minimum temperature below 15 °C (59 °F) or a maximum temperature below 25 °C (77 °F).
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Tagai State College is a government primary and secondary (early childhood – year 12) school for boys and girls that operates 17 campuses throughout the Torres Strait. On Horn Island, it has a primary (early childhood – year 6) campus at Nawie Street
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at the western end of the island. In the late 1980s, gold was mined again and Horn saw the rapid expansion of its population and building activity, as land on neighbouring
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There is no secondary school on Horn Island; the nearest is the secondary campus of Tagai State College on neighbouring
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The Horn Island State School opened on 1 February 1993. It became a campus of Tagai State College on 1 January 2007.
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planes. The World War II airbase on Horn Island is described in Jack Woodward's historical biographies
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was mined on Horn Island in the 1890s. In the early 20th century, a town flourished as a result of the
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industry, but declined when non-islander residents were evacuated to southern Queensland during
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Holy Family Catholic Church is in Outie Street. It is within the Thursday Island Parish of the
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is the local government authority, providing the island community's municipal services.
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In 1946, some of the Kaurareg (Nœrupai) people moved back from Kubin on
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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after Wasaga Billy, the first leader of the Horn Island community.
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University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Horn Island
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wireless operator stationed on Horn Island. Also during
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The island is 53 km (20 sq mi) in area.
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Under it down under : surviving in slit trenches
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The town of Wasaga was named on 1 April 1971 by the
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Queensland

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Torres Strait
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Torres Strait Islands
Cape York Peninsula
Northern Australia
Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait
Australia
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