- Strategy to fight suicide gets $17.8m - The Australian
- Ten Point Plan for NDIS in Aboriginal Communities - Pro Bono Australia
- Death reawakens TB control debate - The Australian
- Dugongs are safer in Torres Strait than Townsville - The Conversation
- Marine rescue group misses out on Torres Strait funds - ABC Online
- Gonski indigenous 'game changer' at risk - Daily Life
- $5.5b indigenous reforms 'at risk' - The Border Mail
- $5.5b indigenous reforms 'at risk' - The Age
- Gonski indigenous 'game changer' at risk - The Age
- Queenslanders urged to rug up with blustery days and chilly nights forecast ... - The Australian
- Queenslanders urged to rug up with blustery days and chilly nights forecast ... - Courier Mail
- REAL Program receives Government funding - Richmond
- Torres Shire Mayor keen on council-run construction consortium - ABC Local
- MUSEUMS MOVE TO RETURN HUMAN REMAINS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - 680 News
- Museums Take Steps to Return Human Remains - New York Times
- Deaths in custody equals record - The Australian
- Indigenous Australians 'facing psychological distress' - SBS
- Autonomy push by Torres Strait islanders - Radio Australia
- Torres Shire Mayor keen on council-run construction consortium - ABC Online
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural dates recognised - My Sunshine Coast (press release)
Kubin (Moa Island)
Torres Strait Island Regional Council
Kubin Island Office:
Phone (07) 4083 2400
Division 6
Kubin Facts:
- Kubin is a community located on Moa Island which has two communities, Kubin and St. Pauls, connected by bitumen and a gravel road.
- It is largely made up of the original Italgal, the Mualgal from north Moa, some of the Kulkalgal of Nagi, and the Kaiwalgal (Kaurareg) people, who were moved to Poid, on the southwestern corner of Moa Island in 1921.
Language:
The language of Kubin is Kala Lagaw Ya (Muwalgau/Italgau and Kaiwalgau sub-dialects)
Population:
Currently there are approximately 300 to 350 people living in Kubin.
History:
Poid was located on Moa Island and abandoned after World War II; one group moving back to their Narupai (Horn Island) homeland and the remainder moved southeast to Kubin under the leadership of Wees Nawia. Kubin residents retain their links with the Thursday Island, Bamaga and Cowal Creek (Injinoo) communities and with their help have established a number of business enterprises.
