Badu Island

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Badu Island is a predominantly Indigenous community island in the western Torres Strait region of Queensland, Australia, known for its rich Torres Strait Islander culture and art.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Badu Island canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Torres Strait Islander community
island
administeredBy Torres Strait Island Regional Council
country Australia
governedAs Indigenous community
hasAirport Badu Island Airport
hasAlternativeName Badu
Mulgrave Island NERFINISHED
hasArtCentre Badu Art Centre
hasArtForm linocut printmaking
sculpture
hasClimate tropical
hasCulturalPractice Torres Strait Islander dance
storytelling
traditional hunting and fishing
hasCulturalRegion Western Islands cluster of Torres Strait
hasEconomicActivity art production
fishing
hasIndigenousCouncilHistory Badu Island Council
hasLanguageGroup Kala Lagaw Ya speakers
hasLocalGovernmentArea Torres Strait Island Region
hasPostcode 4875
hasReligiousInstitutions Christian churches
hasSchool Tagai State College Badu Island Campus
hasSettlement Badu (town)
hasTransport air services via Badu Island Airport
sea transport links to other Torres Strait islands
inhabited true
knownFor Indigenous art
Torres Strait Islander culture
contemporary Indigenous art
printmaking
locatedIn Australia
Queensland
Torres Strait
western Torres Strait region
locatedInBodyOfWater Arafura Sea
Torres Strait
partOf Torres Strait Island Region
Torres Strait Islands
partOfElectorate federal division of Leichhardt
state electoral district of Cook
populationMajority Indigenous Australians
Torres Strait Islanders
region Far North Queensland
state Queensland
timeZone AEST
traditionalOwners Torres Strait Islander people
utcOffset +10:00

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kala Lagaw Ya isSpokenOnIsland Badu Island
Mabuiag Island locatedNear Badu Island