Torres Strait Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
archipelago north of Australia
About Torres Strait Islands
The Torres Strait Islanders were the first Indigenous Australians to gain legal recognition of their ownership of the land. Traditionally they were fierce headhunters until the arrival of the missionaries (celebrated yearly throughout the Islands on July 1st as "The Coming of the Light".) Islanders are often very generous and keen to share their culture. Residents of most of the islands are still Indigenous Australians (with the ratio of around 6 to 1). Non-indigenous residents are primarily on Horn and Thursday islands, and are often temporary, employed in education and health, policing and military, or hospitality. Torres Strait Islander peoples have a distinct culture, history and lands and do not identify as Aboriginal. In fact, they are more ethnically Melanesian than their southern
Top Attractions in Torres Strait Islands
Explore the best things to see and do in Torres Strait Islands:
- ★Kazu Pearl
- ★Peddell's Thursday Island Tours
- ★Walking
Torres Strait Islands Travel Guide Sections
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