1. Torres Strait Islands By: Aye Bañez

3. Torres Stait Islands Located just near Cape York Peninsula At least 274 small islands 150km between Australias tip and the coast of Papua New Guinea North Western Islands Eastern Islands Western Islands Central Islands Inner Islands

4. Torres Strait Island has a population over 8000 nowadays There are 6500 that are Aboriginal and Islanders that lives in Torres Strait About 19 communities Population in each community is from 70 to 750 48,000 are living in the mainland

5. Symbolizes the unity of the Islanders Headdress known as Dhari five major island groups land people sea This was attributed to Bernard Namok who designed it peace

6. 1606: The Spanish navigator named Torres sailed through a straight in Cape York Peninsula

7. 1769-1771: the strait was then named Torres Strait by Dalrymple after Luis Baez de Torres

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