Place:Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia

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NameThursday Island
TypeCommunity
Coordinates10.617°S 142.167°E
Located inQueensland, Australia
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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 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 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.

In the , Thursday Island had a population of 2,938 people.

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