Thursday Island
Thursday Island | |||||||||||||
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View of the township of Thursday Island | |||||||||||||
Thursday Island | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Thursday Island | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 10°35′06″S 142°13′14″E / 10.585°S 142.2205°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 8.0 m (26.2 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 2,805 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 801/km2 (2,076/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4875 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,791.6 mm (70.54 in) | ||||||||||||
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Native name: Waiben Nickname: TI | |
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A map of the Torres Strait Islands showing 'Waiben' in the south-western waters of Torres Strait | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Northern Australia |
| Archipelago | Torres Strait Islands |
| Adjacent to | Torres Strait |
| Area | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 104 m (341 ft) |
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| State | Queensland |
Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately 39 kilometres (24 miles) north of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Thursday Island is also the name of the town in the south and west of the island, formerly known as Port Kennedy, and also the name of the locality which contains the island within the Shire of Torres. The town of Rose Hill (known as Abednego until 7 September 1991) is located on the north-eastern tip of the island (10°34′11″S 142°13′30″E / 10.5698°S 142.2250°E).
In the 2021 census, the locality of Thursday Island had a population of 2,805 people, of whom 69.1% identify as Indigenous Australians.