Badu Island

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Badu Island is a predominantly Indigenous community island in the western Torres Strait region of Queensland, Australia, known for its rich Torres Strait Islander culture and art.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Badu Island canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Torres Strait Islander community ⓘ
island ⓘ
administeredBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
governedAs Indigenous community ⓘ
hasAirport Badu Island Airport ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Badu ⓘ
Mulgrave Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtCentre Badu Art Centre ⓘ
hasArtForm linocut printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Torres Strait Islander dance ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional hunting and fishing ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Western Islands cluster of Torres Strait ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity art production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasIndigenousCouncilHistory Badu Island Council ⓘ
hasLanguageGroup Kala Lagaw Ya speakers ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
hasPostcode 4875 ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitutions Christian churches ⓘ
hasSchool Tagai State College Badu Island Campus ⓘ
hasSettlement Badu (town) ⓘ
hasTransport air services via Badu Island Airport ⓘ
sea transport links to other Torres Strait islands ⓘ
inhabited true ⓘ
knownFor Indigenous art ⓘ
Torres Strait Islander culture ⓘ
contemporary Indigenous art ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
western Torres Strait region ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Arafura Sea ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
partOf Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
partOfElectorate federal division of Leichhardt ⓘ
state electoral district of Cook ⓘ
populationMajority Indigenous Australians ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
region Far North Queensland ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
traditionalOwners Torres Strait Islander people ⓘ
utcOffset +10:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kala Lagaw Ya → isSpokenOnIsland → Badu Island ⓘ
Mabuiag Island → locatedNear → Badu Island ⓘ