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The Torres Strait Islands lie to the north of Tropical Queensland's Cape York Peninsula and comprise 274 small islands, of which 17 are inhabited, located in Torres Strait which separates Australia and Papua New Guinea. Each island community elects a member to the Torres Strait Regional Authority. [1]
On the 30 August 2002, Erub (Darnley Island) became the second Indignenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) to open in the Torres Strait. The IKC was established in a partnership between the Erub Island Council and State Library of Queensland. Erub Island Council was amalgamated into the newly created Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) in 2008.
In 1939, the Torres Strait Islanders Act was passed by the Federal Government, allowing for a form of local government on each island. On 27 January 1942, after the fall of Singapore during World War II , the Australian government gave the order to evacuate all civilians from Thursday Island, which now became a military base.
Torres Strait Regional Authority; Torres Strait Islands Photograph Album 1935, State Library of Queensland. Photograph album showcasing Queensland Attorney-General Hon. John Mullan's 1935 official visit to the Torres Strait Islands and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Torres Strait Islands Photographs 1908-1920, State Library of Queensland
From 1 May 2022 [3] to 23 May 2024, [11] Vonda was the Chief Executive Officer of the Torres Strait Regional Authority. Before this role, she was Chair of the Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance [12] and Chair of Community Enterprise Queensland/Islanders Industry Board of Service (IBIS).
In 2001 a federal court ruled to return the seven islands to Kaurareg control. [22] Administered by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), the Kaurareg declared their independence from Australia in 2002, [27] after regaining native title over their ancestral land. They call ...
Kenny Bedford, lives on and represents the remote island of Darnley Island on the Torres Strait Regional Authority; Bill Lawson, retired engineer and advocate for reconciliation, founder of the Beacon Foundation; Kirstie Parker, a Yuwallarai person in NSW, and co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Today, the Torres Strait Regional Authority, an Australian government body established in 1994 and consisting of 20 elected representatives, oversees the islands, with its primary function being to strengthen the economic, social and cultural development of the peoples of the Torres Strait area.