Shire of Torres
- 10.583333333333142.2Koordinaten: 10 ° 35 ' S, 142 ° 12' O The Torres Shire is a local government district ( Local Government Area ) of Queensland. The land area is 897 km ² and has about 3250 inhabitants. The Shire comprises the islands on the northeast corner of the Australian continent north of Cape York Peninsula and is the northernmost administrative community of the country. On Thursday Iceland is the administrative center.
Resident
The population consists mainly of Torres Strait Islanders and Asians, Papua Neuguineern, Europeans and Aboriginals.
In addition to the creole that developed among the early missionaries, there are three main dialects: Kala Kawa Ya to the northwest and west, Kala Lagau Ya in the central area and Meriam in the east.
Traditional main assets are fishing, sea cucumbers, mother of pearl and formerly also the shells of snails roundabout. Also there is a quarry on Horn Iceland. The main means of transportation in the Torres Shire are boats.
Geography
In the Shire, there are five island regions:
- The North West Group: Boigu, Dauan and Saibai
- The Inner West Group: Badu, Mabuiag and Moa
- The central group: Yam, Warraber, Coconut and Masig
- The East group: Murray, Darnley and Stephen
- TI Group: Thursday Iceland, Iceland Horn, Hammond, Prince of Wales and Iceland Iceland Friday
For this purpose, the five Aboriginal and Islander communities Bamaga, Seisia, Injinoo, Umagico and New Mapoon come on the northern tip of Cape York.
38 Of the 133 islands in the Shire are inhabited.
Traffic
The local traffic is handled mainly by boat. On the mainland, also automobiles are meaningful locomotion and transport.
Airport
The Horn Iceland ( Ngurapai ) Airport - on the 8 km from Wednesday Iceland remote horn Iceland - is operated by the municipality. The airport was originally built during the Second World War by the U.S. Air Force and in 1995 he was subjected to a fundamental renewal. The airport is approved for international flights and has two runways.
Every day there are two passenger services to Cairns and regular connections to most of the islands. In addition there are charter services also miteinschließen the helicopter.
Management
The Torres Shire Council has eight members who are elected by the residents of the LGA. Torres Shire is not divided into districts. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.