Content tagged with Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait Island Cultural Festival 1989 - Photographs and film from The Ephraim Bani Collection
“…our only security is our cultural knowledge that we must carry with us and live by to pass it on to our children and they to their children, so...
Blog post - 16 Oct 2018
The Importance of Songs and Dances of Torres Strait
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Video - 23 Oct 2017
Audiovisual Heritage of Torres Strait Singing and Dancing
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage raises awareness about the importance and vulnerability of audiovisual collections. It is predicted that the...
Blog post - 17 Oct 2017
Keeping Culture Alive: the Badu plant and animal traditional knowledge project
Badu Island is home to Badulgal (Badu people) who speak the Kala Lagaw Ya language. For thousands of years Badulgal have used their Traditional...
Presentation - 2 Sep 2016
Ugar traditional boundaries project
Consent determination orders recognising communal native title over an area generally do not deal with traditional ownership of land...
Presentation - 1 Sep 2016
Saibai Mekem gardening project: developing long term sustainability and wellbeing of Saibai community
Saibai people have a long tradition of subsistence gardening over thousands of years that is intrinsically linked to traditional cultural practices....
Presentation - 2 May 2016
Steady Steady Seaman Dan
A lot has been said about the much loved and highly respected Seaman Dan from the Torres Strait Islands in North Queensland, but when he strikes a...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
Torres Strait Islander flag
Torres Strait Islander flag temporary tattoos. Photo: AIATSIS The Torres Strait Islander flag was created as a symbol of unity and identity...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
Eddie Koiki Mabo
Edward Koiki Mabo, a Meriam man from the island of Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Straits, was a key plaintiff in a land rights case in the High...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
Bernard Namok
Bernard Namok Jr with the Torres Strait Islander flag. Photo courtesy of Bernard Namok Jr The Torres Strait Islander flag was designed by...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
Mabo case
Eddie Mabo, from Land Bilong Islanders. Courtesy of Trevor Graham-Yarra Bank Films. The Mabo Case was a significant legal case in Australia...
Explore article - 3 Jun 2015
Somebody Now: The autobiography of Ellie Gaffney, a woman of the Torres Strait
Ellie Gaffney’s thirst for knowledge, her determination to succeed and her desire to help her people, shine through these pages as she tells the...
Publication or resource - 28 May 2015
Torres Strait Native Title Sea Rights and Malu Lamar
1.1 Native Title and Torres Strait Sea: The Torres Strait is the home of native title in Australia. Although many Australians think that native title...
Presentation - 1 May 2015
Boigu: Our history and culture
Summary Boigu is a lively collection of writings from the past and present. It includes stories of brave warriors and traditional customs, of...
Publication or resource - 20 Jan 2015