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From MasterChef to the Torres Strait, acclaimed chef returns home for her own show
On the eastern Torres Strait Island of Mer (also known as ... excitement building for the Coming of the Light Festival, which marks the 1871 arrival of English missionaries. This year, the ...
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New book brings to light the extraordinary story of turtle shell masks of the Torres Strait
Historian and curator Leah Lui-Chivizhe is a Torres Strait Islander with enduring family connections to the eastern and western Torres Strait Leah Lui-Chivizhe’s new book, 'Masked Histories ...
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Locals in the Torres Strait want homegrown doctors, but they say there are too many barriers
In 1999, Dr Karen Nicholls became the second ever Torres ... in coming home to work, and 100 per cent were considering ways to further contribute to the health needs of Torres Strait Islanders.
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Torres Strait Islands
the first navigator credited with coming across the islands is the Spaniard Luis Vaez de Torres who sailed through the strait in 1606. The discovery of pearl shell in the 1860s led to an influx of ...