Masig
Masig Island is an island (also known as Yorke Island) and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Masig Island had a population of 270 people. The name Masig is from the Kalau Lagau Ya language for this coral reef, coral cay island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, situated in the eastern area of the central Torres Strait Islands, island group in the Torres Strait, at the top end of the Great Barrier Reef and northeast of the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The Masigalgal people, of the Kulkulgal nation of the Central Torres Strait, are recognised as the traditional owners of Masig. They are of Melanesians, Melanesian origin and had followed traditional patterns of hunting, fishing, agriculture and trade for many thousands of years prior to contact with the first European visitors to the region. The Queensland Government moved the people of List of Torres Strait Islands, Aureed ...
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Masigalgal
Masig Island is an island (also known as Yorke Island) and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Masig Island had a population of 270 people. The name Masig is from the Kalau Lagau Ya language for this coral reef, coral cay island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, situated in the eastern area of the central Torres Strait Islands, island group in the Torres Strait, at the top end of the Great Barrier Reef and northeast of the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The Masigalgal people, of the Kulkulgal nation of the Central Torres Strait, are recognised as the traditional owners of Masig. They are of Melanesians, Melanesian origin and had followed traditional patterns of hunting, fishing, agriculture and trade for many thousands of years prior to contact with the first European visitors to the region. The Queensland Government moved the people of List of Torres Strait Islands, Aureed ...
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