geo.wikisort.org - IslandHalfway Island is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago located approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) northeast of Thursday Island in the Cumberland Passage of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Halfway Island is about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Yule Entrance.[1]
Shipwrecks
- Governor Ready. Wooden ship, 512 tons. Built Prince Edward Island 1825. Captain John Young. Wrecked on a reef between Murray and Halfway Islands north-east of Cape York, May 1829. Nineteen in the longboat, twelve in a skiff and eight in the jolly boat escaped from the wreck and after touching at various uninhabited islands, were rescued by the brig Amity off Timor. They had travelled 2500 km in fourteen days. The Governor Ready had brought 200 convicts from England in 1828, and had sailed from Sydney for Batavia on 18 March 1829, when lost.
See also
Queensland portal
Islands portal
References
List of Torres Strait topics |
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Torres Strait Islands, islets, and cays | |
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People, culture, communities and languages | Notable Torres Strait Islanders | |
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Culture |
- Indigenous music of Australia
- Mabo (film)
- Taba Naba
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Communities |
- Bamaga
- Kaurareg
- Mabuiag
- Meriam (people)
- Seisia
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Governance and legal matters | Governance | |
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Legal cases and principles |
- Akiba v Commonwealth
- Mabo v Queensland
- Terra nullius
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Buildings and structures | |
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Other |
- Adolphus Channel
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Birds of Boigu, Saibai and Dauan Islands
- Endeavour Strait
- Alfred Cort Haddon
- Margaret Lawrie
- Sea Swift
- Warul Kawa Indigenous Protected Area
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На других языках
[de] Halfway Island (Torres Strait)
Halfway Island, auch Zuzin oder Zuizin Island genannt, ist eine unbewohnte australische Insel im Zentrum des Archipels der Torres-Strait-Inseln. Die nächstgelegene bewohnte Insel Coconut Island liegt 28 km nordwestlich.
- [en] Halfway Island (Queensland)
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