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Religious affiliations of Torres Strait islanders in localities with significant share of Torres Strait islander population [4] The Islanders refer to this event as "The Coming of the Light", also known as Zulai Wan, [ 47 ] [ 57 ] or Bi Akarida, [ 48 ] and all Island communities celebrate the occasion annually on 1 July.
The common reference of Kibukuth, and its abbreviation Kibu to the land of the markai (the spirits of people who have travelled to Kibu after death) is a specialised, religious use of the word. Traditional Torres Strait religion can be characterised as totemic with a form ancestor worship, and as such the markai are the ancestors, and are ...
Eddie Mabo (1936 - 1992) an iconic Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for successfully championing Indigenous land rights into Australian law. Joe McGinness (1914 - 2003) a Larrakia and Kungarakany man and Aboriginal rights activist; Val McGinness (1910 - 1988) a Larrakia and Kungarakany man and Aboriginal rights ...
The Torres Strait Islands' population was recorded at 4,514 in the 2016 Australian census, with 91.8% of these identifying as Indigenous Torres Strait Island peoples. Although counted as Indigenous Australians, Torres Strait Islander peoples, being predominantly Melanesian, are ethnically and culturally different from Aboriginal Australians.
Office of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (1996), "Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984", Norfolk Island Report, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, ISBN 978-0-642-27173-0, ISSN 0727-4181 (Selected parts of the review) Goldflam, Russell (1997).
Melanesian Meriam people are an Indigenous Australian group of Torres Strait Islander people who are united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and live as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans on a number of inner eastern Torres Strait Islands including Mer or Murray Island, Ugar or Stephen Island and Erub or Darnley Island. [1]
The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture, edited by David Horton, is an encyclopaedia published by the Aboriginal Studies Press at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in 1994 and available in two volumes or on CD-ROM covering all aspects of Indigenous Australians lives and world ...
Eventually a full creole language developed in the Torres Strait Islands. The Queensland Government annexed the islands of the Torres Straits within 60 miles (97 km) of the mainland in 1872, followed by the remainder of the islands in 1879. It feared that rival colonial powers could take control of what had become an important shipping route.