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The intersection of tourism and Australia’s Indigenous peoples, the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, hasn’t always been so promising.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

Australia first voted on whether to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the preamble of the constitution back in 1999.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

The Aboriginal people of Australia’s mainland are culturally distinct from Torres Strait Islanders who come from an archipelago off the northeast coast.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders are being prioritized for vaccinations because of their higher risk of developing serious illness if infected.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021

This name is applied to the opossums of the genus Cuscus which the Torres Strait Islanders occasionally procure from New Guinea.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John