Thursday Island

American  

noun

1. an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).

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Thursday Island British  

noun

1. an island in Torres Strait, between NE Australia and New Guinea: administratively part of Queensland, Australia. Area: 4 sq km (1.5 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Yet leaving their home on Thursday Island in Torres Strait — where, Patty said, everyone “looked like me and spoke like me” — landed him in that kindergarten classroom where he was first punched.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

The fugitive was taken by police back as far as Thursday Island off the Queensland coast.

From Fox News • Mar. 27, 2019

After his arrest, the man he was taken on board and transported to Thursday Island.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2019

Jesse Williams, 21, Aboriginal on his mother’s side, was born on Thursday Island, off the northern tip of Australia, and raised in Brisbane.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2011

When he heard my qualifications, he engaged me at once; and so it came about that next day I was a seaman aboard the Crested Wave, bound for Thursday Island and the Pearl fisheries.

From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell