Darnley Island

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Darnley Island is a small inhabited island in the eastern Torres Strait of Queensland, Australia, known for its Indigenous Torres Strait Islander community and rich maritime history.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Darnley Island canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
locality ⓘ
adminRegionType local government area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Erub Island ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFromMainland off the northern coast of Queensland ⓘ
ethnicGroupMajority Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
governanceLevel local community governance ⓘ
governedBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
governedUnder Queensland state law ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Torres Strait Islander traditions ⓘ
maritime navigation knowledge ⓘ
hasEducationFacility primary school ⓘ
hasHealthFacility community health centre ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Torres Strait Islander community ⓘ
hasLanguage Meriam Mir ⓘ
Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity community services ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitutions Christian churches ⓘ
hasSettlement Erub community ⓘ
hasTransport airstrip ⓘ
boat access ⓘ
indigenousRegion Torres Strait ⓘ
knownFor Indigenous Torres Strait Islander culture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pearling history ⓘ
rich maritime history ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait ⓘ
eastern Torres Strait ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Coral Sea ⓘ
marineEnvironment coral reefs ⓘ
tropical fisheries ⓘ
marineUse commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
partOf Torres Strait Island Region ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
populationStatus small population ⓘ
region Far North Queensland ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
timeZone AEST ⓘ
UTC+10 ⓘ
traditionalOwners Torres Strait Islander people ⓘ

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

Torres Strait Islands → hasMajorIsland → Darnley Island ⓘ