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Horn Island, or Ngurupai/Narupai (pronounced Nœrupai/Nurupai) in the local language, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago located in the Torres Strait, in Queensland in Northern Australia between the Australian mainland and Papua New Guinea.[2] It is within the locality of Horn within the Shire of Torres.[3] The town of Wasaga is on the north-western coast of the island (10.5944°S 142.2480°E / -10.5944; 142.2480 (Wasaga, Queensland)).[4] In the 2016 census, the locality of Horn had a population of 531 people.[1]

Horn Queensland
View of Horn Island from above
Population	531 (2016 census)[1]
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
LGA(s)	Shire of Torres
State electorate(s)	Cook
Federal division(s)	Leichhardt
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 30.3 °C 87 °F 24.6 °C 76 °F 1,809.0 mm 71.2 in
Suburbs around Horn: Thursday Island Torres Strait Torres Strait Prince Of Wales Horn Torres Strait Prince Of Wales Punsand Punsand

Horn Island

Native name: Narupai
A map of the Torres Strait Islands showing "Ngurapai" just north of Cape York Peninsula
Geography
Location	Northern Australia
Archipelago	Torres Strait Islands
Adjacent to	Torres Strait
Area	53 km2 (20 sq mi)
Administration
Australia
State	Queensland
Additional information
Official website	www.torresstrait.com.au/hornisland.html

Geography

The island is 53 km² (20 sq mi) in area.

Horn Island is the site of Horn Island Airport, which also serves Thursday Island. Therefore, it is a gateway for travellers to the mainland and outer islands. The present-day population consists of islanders drawn from all islands of the Torres Strait, as well as non-islanders. Residents travel daily by ferry across the Ellis Channel to Thursday Island for work and school. Shire of Torres is the local government authority, providing the island community's municipal services.

History

Horn Island is known as Nœrupai (colloquially Nurupai) to the Kaurareg people and was given its English name by Matthew Flinders in 1802.[5]

The town of Wasaga was named on 1 April 1971 by the Queensland Place Names Board after Wasaga Billy, the first leader of the Horn Island community.[4]

After the 1871 massacre on Prince of Wales Island (Muralag), remnants of the people settled here for a short while, until the government relocated the Kaurareg to Hammond Island (Kœriri), where they remained until 1922. These islands (along with the other islands in the group) are the lands of the Kaurareg, each island – or parts thereof – owned by different clans.

The language of the Kaurareg is Kala Lagaw Ya, in the form of Kaiwalgau Ya (called Kauraraigau Ya [colloquial variant Kauraregau Ya] in the 19th century).

Gold was mined on Horn Island in the 1890s. In the early 20th century, a town flourished as a result of the pearling industry, but declined when non-islander residents were evacuated to southern Queensland during World War II. A major Allied airbase, known as Horn Island Aerodrome, was constructed on the island and this was attacked several times by Japanese planes.[6] The World War II airbase on Horn Island is described in Jack Woodward's historical biographies Under It Down Under and Singing for the Unsung.[7][8] Woodward was a World War II RAAF wireless operator stationed on Horn Island.[9]

Church influence was the London Missionary Society up until 1915 when the Anglican Church assumed responsibility.^{[clarification needed]}

During World War II Horn Island Seaplane Base was built at Horn Island.[10]

In 1946, some of the Kaurareg (Nœrupai) people moved back from Kubin on Moa Island to Horn and settled here in present-day Wasaga Village at the western end of the island. In the late 1980s, gold was mined again and Horn saw the rapid expansion of its population and building activity, as land on neighbouring Thursday Island became scarce.

The Horn Island State School opened on 1 February 1993. It became a campus of Tagai State College on 1 January 2007.[11]

At the 2006 census, Horn Island had a population of 585 people.

At the 2011 census, Horn Island had a population of 539.[12]

Climate

Horn Island has a very warm tropical savanna climate (Af) with consistently hot temperatures all year round. The wet season lasts from December to April and features high humidity and frequent heavy downpours. Horn Island is occasionally affected by tropical cyclones; however it is too close to the Equator for them to be a significant threat. The dry season runs from May to November, and features lower humidity and little rainfall. Horn Island has never recorded a minimum temperature below 15 °C (59 °F) or a maximum temperature below 25 °C (77 °F).[13]

Education

Tagai State College is a government primary and secondary (early childhood - year 12) school for boys and girls that operates 17 campuses throughout the Torres Strait. On Horn Island, it has a primary (early childhood - year 6) campus at Nawie Street (10.5932°S 142.2512°E / -10.5932; 142.2512 (Tagai State College - Horn Island Campus)).[14][15]

There is no secondary school on Horn Island; the nearest is on neighbouring Thursday Island.[16]

Holy Family Catholic Church is in Outie Street. It is within the Thursday Island Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.[17]

See also

• List of Torres Strait Islands

References

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Horn Island

• "Town map of Wasaga". Queensland Government. 1977.

• informative external website

На других языках

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[de] Horn Island (Torres Strait)

Horn Island, auch Nguruapai oder Nurupai genannt, liegt im Archipel der Torres-Strait-Inseln, einer Inselgruppe in der Meerenge zwischen Australien und Papua-Neuguinea. Das acht Kilometern von der Hauptinsel Thursday Island entfernt gelegene Eiland hat eine Fläche von etwa 53 Quadratkilometern und wird von etwa 600 Menschen bewohnt. Der Verwaltungsgliederung nach gehört die Insel zu den Inner Islands, einer Inselregion im Verwaltungsbezirk Torres Shire von Queensland.

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- [en] Horn Island, Queensland

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[fr] Île Horn (Australie)

L'île Horn ((en) Horn Island ; en Kaurareg : Narupai [Nœrupai/Nurupai]) est une île du détroit de Torrès, dans le Nord du Queensland, située entre l'Australie et la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.

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[it] Horn Island

Horn Island (in lingua locale: Ngarupai, Ngurupai, Nurupai o Narupai) è una delle Isole dello Stretto di Torres dell'Australia. Si trova a nord della penisola di Capo York. Appartiene alla contea di Torres[4]. A nord dell'isola c'è un aeroporto[5] e sulla costa nord-ovest, di fronte a Thursday Island, si trova il villaggio di Wasaga.

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