Mabuiag Island

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Mabuiag Island is a small inhabited island in the western Torres Strait region of Queensland, Australia, known for its Indigenous Torres Strait Islander community and rich traditional culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mabuiag 1
Mabuiag Island canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited place ⓘ
island ⓘ
administeredBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
federalDivision Leichhardt ⓘ
hasAirport Mabuiag Island Airport ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mabuyag ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Mabuiag ⓘ
linked to: Mabuiag Island
hasArchaeologicalSignificance rock art sites ⓘ
shell middens ⓘ
stone arrangements ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Torres Strait Islander traditions ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial dancing ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional fishing ⓘ
traditional hunting ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Top Western Islands of Torres Strait ⓘ
linked to: Top Western Islands
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
public sector employment ⓘ
hasEducationalFacility Mabuiag Island Campus, Tagai State College ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Mabuygiigal ⓘ
hasGovernance local community council structures ⓘ
hasHealthService primary health care clinic ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
hasLanguage Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 200 people ⓘ
hasPostcode 4875 ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution Christian churches ⓘ
hasSettlement Mabuiag (community) ⓘ
hasTraditionalOwners Mabuygiigal people ⓘ
linked to: Mabuyag people
hasTransportConnection air services to Thursday Island ⓘ
boat services to other Torres Strait islands ⓘ
isPartOf Torres Strait Islander cultural area ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Arafura Sea ⓘ
locatedNear Badu Island ⓘ
Moa Island ⓘ
linked to: Masig Island

Thursday Island ⓘ
partOf Western Torres Strait ⓘ
stateElectorate Cook ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
utcOffset +10:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torres Strait Islands → hasMajorIsland → Mabuiag Island ⓘ
Mabuiag Island → hasAlternativeSpelling → Mabuiag ⓘ
linked to: Mabuiag Island