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Torres Strait – a look back at what was

by National Library of Australia Commons

A set of images from the Torres Strait in the twentieth Century by Australian photographers and collected ephemera.—this album complements the Old TI research guide and material of the National library of Australia.

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Pearl diver collecting shells from the beds of Torres Strait, Queensland / Frank Hurley
[Man wearing head dress], Darnley Island [Erub], Torres Straits / Frank Hurley
Portrait of Edward (Ned) Mosby
Lugger model made by native - Coconut Island - Torres Strait / Frank Hurley
Torres Straits types [three men wearing head dresses sitting outside hut] Frank Hurley
Medigee Bay, Erub [Darnley Island, Torres Strait Islands]
Murray Island dancers / Frank Hurley
Pantomime dancers - Murray Island / Frank Hurley
Native village, Murray Island, [Torres Straits, ca.1917-1920]
Main road through the village, Meer Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Old type of house, Meer Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Death feast, Meer Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Modern type of house, Meer Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
The village seen through the palms, Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
A villager's hut, Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Islands looking south from Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Mattie Yonge and other expedition members, Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Villagers plaiting the leaves from the coconut palms, Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
A hut wall constructed of plaited leaves from coconut palms, Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Group of school children stand out the front of the school on Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Group of schoolgirls on Badu Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Mabuiag [view of village taken from a hill] Frank Hurley
Mabuiag [village gathering] Frank Hurley
Mabuiag Island [view of sailing boat through palm trees] Frank Hurley
Pearling boats, Thursday Island, [ca. 1918]
[Five views of Thursday Island, including a group of Indigenous people swimming in] a creek, dogai?, the R.C. [i.e. Roman Catholic] church, East Jetty, the water falls, Prince of Wales Island, [ca. 1917-1920]
[Thursday Island pearl shellers, Queensland]
Moa Island [woman sitting on mat making lace] Frank Hurley
Native feast, Torres Straits, [ca. 1917-1920]
[View of the town and the pearling fleet in the harbour, with Prince of Wales Island on the left and Friday Island on the right], Thursday Island, [ca. 1917-1920]
Thursday Island from the wharf, [ca. 1917-1920]
[Thursday Island pearl diver in his diving gear]
Main street, Thursday Island, [ca. 1917-1920]
Victoria Parade, Thursday Island, [ca. 1918]
Approach to the prison, Thursday Island, [ca. 1917-1920]
[View of the town taken from Military Hill], Thursday Island, [ca.1917-1920]
Quetta Cathedral, Thursday Island, Queensland, ca. 1913
Boat slips at Thursday Island, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
The R.C. [i.e. Roman Catholic] Church, Thursday Island, [ca. 1917-1920, 2]
[Five views of Thursday Island, including] Thursday Island from Military Hill, Victoria Parade, Sumai, native village, Quetta Memorial Cathedral, [ca. 1917-1920]
On Board a Pearling Lugger, Thursday Island, Queensland
View over Thursday Island with Prince of Wales Island in the background, Queensland, ca. 1928 / Charles Maurice Yonge
Soldiers at the funeral of John Douglas, Queensland politician and grazier, Thursday Island, Queensland, 1904
Four men in traditional dress and holding ceremonial objects, Hammond Island, Queensland, approximately 1905 / O. Watson