Thursday Island

Thursday Island
an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 2283; 11/2 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).

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      island in the Torres Strait off northern Queensland, Australia. It is surrounded by Prince of Wales, Friday, Good's, Hammond, Wednesday, and Horn islands, and it is the administrative centre for the area. The principal town is Port Kennedy, on the eastern shore. The mixed population of Malays, Chinese, Japanese, and Melanesians are engaged mainly in pearling and trochus and bêche-de-mer (sea cucumber) fishing. The island reaches a maximum elevation of 374 feet (113 metres) above sea level. With its neighbours, it was annexed to Queensland in the 1870s and was proclaimed a municipality in 1912. Area 1.25 square miles (3 square km). Pop. (2006) 2,546.

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  • Thursday Island — Landsat Bild von Thursday Island (unten) und Hammond Island (oben) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thursday Island — Australian island in Torres Strait: 1.25 sq mi (3.24 sq km) …   English World dictionary

  • Thursday Island — (spr. thörsdĕ eilännd), Port Kennedy, Insel, 50 km von der nordöstlichsten Spitze Australiens (Kap York) entfernt, (1903) 1515 E …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Thursday Island — 10° 34′ 44″ S 142° 13′ 12″ E / 10.579, 142.22 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thursday Island — /θɜzdeɪ ˈaɪlənd/ (say therzday uyluhnd) noun an island in Torres Strait, north east of Prince of Wales Island; administrative and commercial headquarters of Torres Strait. 3 km2. The traditional inhabitants of Thursday Island are the Muralag… …  

  • Thursday Island, Queensland — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Thursday Island state = qld caption = View of the Township of Thursday Island lga = Shire of Torres postcode = 4875 est = pop = 2,682 elevation= 8.0 maxtemp = 30.2 mintemp = 24.2 rainfall = 1716.5… …   Wikipedia

  • Thursday Island — geographical name island NE Australia off N Queensland in Torres Strait …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • THURSDAY ISLAND —    a small island in Normanby Sound, Torres Strait, belonging to Queensland, and used as a Government station; has a fine harbour, Port Kennedy, largely used for the Australian transit trade; also the centre of valuable pearl fisheries …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Thursday Island — Thurs′day Is′land n. geg an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km) …   From formal English to slang

  • Thursday Island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 2283; 11/2 sq. mi. (4 sq. km) …   Useful english dictionary

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