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Thursday Island

island in Queensland, Australia
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Thursday Island
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Thursday Island

Summary

Thursday Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thursday Island is located in Shire of Torres[3].
  • Thursday Island is located in Queensland[4].
  • Thursday Island is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Thursday Island is on the body of water Torres Strait[6].
  • Thursday Island's image is recorded as Hammond and Thursday, Torres Strait (Landsat).png[7].
  • Thursday Island's instance of is recorded as island[8].
  • Thursday Island's instance of is recorded as suburb/locality of Australia[9].
  • Thursday is named after Thursday Island[10].
  • Thursday Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 245833668[11].
  • Thursday Island's location is recorded as Coral Sea[12].
  • Thursday Island's postal code is recorded as 4875[13].
  • Thursday Island's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01007758[14].
  • Thursday Island's part of is recorded as Torres Strait Islands[15].
  • Thursday Island's part of is recorded as Thursday Islands[16].
  • Thursday Island's Commons category is recorded as Thursday Island[17].
  • Thursday Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3687460[18].
  • Thursday Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -10.578888888889, 'lon': 142.22}[19].
  • Thursday Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02xwtn[20].
  • Thursday Island's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge131073[21].
  • Thursday Island's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Torres Strait Islands[22].
  • Thursday Island's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thursday Island[23].
  • Thursday Island's page banner is recorded as Thursday Island banner.jpg[24].
  • Thursday Island's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Localities/T/Thursday_Island/[25].
  • Thursday Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2938'}[26].
  • Thursday Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2805'}[27].

Body

Geography

Thursday Island is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include Shire of Torres[3], a local government area of Queensland[28], in Australia[29] and Queensland[4], a state of Australia[30], in Australia[31], founded in 1859[32]. It is on the body of water Torres Strait[6]. Part of include Torres Strait Islands[15], an island group[33], in Australia[34] and Thursday Islands[16], an island group[35], in Australia[36].

Physical Characteristics

Thursday Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3.50'}[37]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+104'}[38]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.7'}[39]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2938'}[26] and {'amount': '+2805'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island[8] and suburb/locality of Australia[9].

History and Context

Thursday is named after Thursday Island[10].

Why It Matters

Thursday Island ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Coral Sea
    Named after → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.3'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+104'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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