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Torres Strait Islanders

indigenous peoples of the Torres Strait Islands
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Torres Strait Islanders
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Summary

Torres Strait Islanders is a human population[1]. They ranks in the top 4% of human population entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,659 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Australia[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Queensland[4]
  • Country: Australia[5]
  • Instance of: indigenous people[6]
  • Ancestral home: Torres Strait Islands[7]
  • Named after: Torres Strait Islands[8]
  • Flag: Torres Strait Islander flag[9]
  • Subclass of: Indigenous Australians[10], Melanesians[11], islanders[12]
  • Commons category: Torres Strait Islanders[13]
  • Country of origin: Australia[14]
  • Residence: Torres Strait Islands[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Torres Strait Islanders[16]
  • Different from: Indigenous Australians[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[18]
  • P14541: sPMGO[19]

Why It Matters

Torres Strait Islanders has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] They is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms. 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · 99of9 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1073294110
    Ancestral home → Torres Strait Islands
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'be', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Ancestral home: Torres Strait Islands"
  2. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM8336
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM8336, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → torres-strait-islanders
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: torres-strait-islanders, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971808|torres strait islanders (#289971808)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → sPMGO
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Residence → Torres Strait Islands
    Country → Australia
    Flag → Torres Strait Islander flag
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007529870305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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