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lead a punitive expedition against the raiders but were unable to find them. Chester left a quantity of firearms with the people of Boigu for their self-defence. In 1896, a retaliatory expedition led by British officials based in Daru in West Papua diminished the threat of the Marind-Anim, but raids
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was a project delivered through a partnership between Arts Queensland, the State Library of Queensland, and respective shire and regional councils across Queensland. The partnership commenced in 2009 and continued for many years. Projects were delivered during school holidays and covered themes
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The north-western island group is located close to the Papua New Guinea border and forms the most northern point of Australia's territory. Situated on a narrow coastal strip, Dauan is well known throughout the Torres Strait for its freshwater permanent springs, fertile soil and steep hills. The
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asserted its right to the islands and waters of the Torres Straits. In December 1978, a treaty was signed by the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments that described the boundaries between the two countries and the use of the sea area by both parties. Commencing in February 1985, the
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In 1936, around 70% of the Torres Strait Islander workforce went on strike in the first organised challenge against government authority made by Torres Strait Islanders. The nine-month strike was an expression of Islanders’ anger and resentment at the increasing government control of their
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livelihood. The strike was a protest against government interference in wages, trade and commerce and called for the lifting of evening curfews, the removal of the permit system for inter-island travel, and the recognition of the Islanders’ right to recruit their own boat crews.
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took place from 2 to 6 July 2013, for community members, children and young people, Elders, local artists, knowledge experts and visiting arts workers to celebrate culture through the arts. At the end of the week-long project, an interactive bilingual book, called
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lay pastors, Josaia and Sivene, were appointed to work as missionary teachers at Dauan and Saibai. LMS missionaries revisited Dauan and Saibai in 1872, and found that Josaia and Sivene had been accepted by the Islanders and given land by the local chiefs.
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and Saibai, which lay beyond the previous 60 nautical mile limit. The new legislation enabled the Queensland Government to control and regulate bases for the beche-de-mer and pearling industries which had previously operated outside its jurisdiction.
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on 15 March 2008, members of the 15 communities comprising the Torres Strait Island Regional Council local government area each voted for a local councillor and a mayor to constitute a council consisting of 15 councillors plus a mayor.
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boats began working the reefs of Torres Strait. Pearling bases were never established on Dauan, but in the 1870s, European pearl and beche-de-mer operators began recruiting men from the North Western Islands to work on their luggers.
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Dauan was often used as a place of sanctuary by the people of Boigu and Saibai, as it was surrounded by reefs and strong currents that were difficult for the raiders to negotiate in their canoes. Government officials
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for former Anglicans. A former priest and vicar-general of the Church of Torres Strait, Fr G.W. Barnier OLSC was ordained as a Catholic deacon (24 April 2013) and priest two days later on 26 April 2013 by
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were issued by the British Government in 1872 creating a new colony, which encompassed all islands within a 60 nautical mile radius of the coast of Queensland. This boundary was further extended by the
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Shortages of food on Dauan and Saibai were mentioned in a government report dating from 1912. The report also stated that only 12 to 15 people were living at Dauan permanently. By 1918, a
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visited Dauan and found that the entire population of Boigu had taken shelter on the island from Marind Anim raiding parties who had killed 11 Islanders and burned the villages on Boigu.
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Dauan Island is approximately 2.85 kilometres (1.77 mi) long and 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide. It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of
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travelled to Dauan on 6 July 1871. Nadai, the leader of Dauan, met with the missionaries and allowed them to start a mission on the island. Two
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For further information see Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website: www.dfat.gov.au/geo/torres_strait/index.html#brief
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island is less commonly known by its English name of Cornwallis, named after Mount Cornwallis, Queensland’s most northerly granite peak.
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From the late 1870s onwards, the coastal communities of Papua and the islands of Dauan, Boigu and Saibai were raided by warriors of the
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On 30 March 1985, the Dauan community elected three councillors to constitute an autonomous Dauan Island Council established under the
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recruited Torres Strait Islander men to serve in the armed forces. Enlisted men from Dauan and other island communities formed the
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Dauan Island Campus is a primary (early childhood to Grade 6) campus of Tagai State College headquartered on Thursday Island (
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Around 1900, a member of the London Missionary Society, Reverend Walker, established a philanthropic business scheme named
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such as art, language, music to capture and enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history. At Dauan,
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Queensland State Archives, A/3941 Minutes of Torres Strait Councillors Conference held at Yorke Island 23–25 August 1937
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Islands make up the remainder of the group. The people of all three islands consider themselves one people.
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S B Kaye, Jurisdictional Patchwork: Law of the Sea and Native Title Issues in the Torres Strait (2001) 2
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operate an Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) at Main Street. Opened on 30 June 2006, partnered with the
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was established and Dauan Island State School became the Dauan Island Campus of the Tagai State College.
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and, during the 1920s and 1930s, racial legislation was strictly applied to Torres Strait Islanders.
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was created using original artwork. The story is presented in both Kala Kawaw Ya (KKY) and English.
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On 29 January 1985, the Queensland Government established Dauan Island State School. In 2007 the
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In November 1912, the Queensland Government officially gazetted 800 acres of land on Dauan as an
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The strike produced a number of significant reforms and innovations. Unpopular local Protector
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On 23 August 1937, O'Leary convened the first Inter Islander Councillors Conference at
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Queensland, Torres Strait Islander Regional Council Community Profiles: Dauan Island
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Queensland State Archives, Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence, COL/A305, 1881/154
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The Point of No Diminishing Returns: Hunting and Resource Decline on Boigu Island
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Queensland, Torres Strait Island Regional Council Community Profile: Dauan
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recommended that the 15 Torres Strait Island councils be abolished and the
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Dauan forms part of the North Western Islands group of the Torres Strait.
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A Hydroponic project : a Dauan Island State School research report /
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sought to extend its jurisdiction and requested the support of the
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Australian War Memorial website, Wartime Issue 12 ‘One Ilan Man’,
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on Dauan, Boigu, Saibai and Papua continued well into the 1920s.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories: Dauan
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be established in their place. In elections conducted under the
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A History of Colonial Occupation and Culture Contact 1864-1897
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Annual Report of the Department of Community Services for 1987
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Annual Report of the Department of Community Services for 1986
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Annual Report of the Chief Protector of Aboriginals for 1912
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Annual Report of the Chief Protector of Aboriginals for 1911
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The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
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Annual Report of the Department of Native Affairs for 1939
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In 2018, a parish on Dauan Island became the first in the
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories
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After gaining its independence from Australia in 1975,
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Dauan Island, Queensland
Queensland

Dauan Island is located in Queensland
Coordinates
9°24′50″S 142°32′22″E / 9.4140°S 142.5394°E / -9.4140; 142.5394 (Dauan Island (town centre))
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Time zone
AEST
UTC+10:00
LGA(s)
Torres Strait Island Region
State electorate(s)
Cook
Federal division(s)
Leichhardt
Torres Strait
Queensland
locality
Torres Strait Island Region
Queensland
2021 census
Sabai Island
Papua New Guinea
Boigu
Saibai
traditional owners
Dauanalgal
Great Dividing Range

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