10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THURSDAY ISLAND»
Discover the use of
Thursday Island in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Thursday Island and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef
The 70-odd islands include the rocky northern extensions of the Great Dividing
Range including Thursday Island; a central group of islands east of the Great
Barrier Reef, which are little more than coral cays; and the picturesque Murray ...
Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, 2008
2
The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its ...
Australian pearlers in each of the three pearling regions - Thursday Island,
Darwin and Western Australia - had begun recruiting crews in Japan during the
years 1883-85. Initially the flow was quite slow, and at the end of 1891 the
Japanese ...
3
Fighters from the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait ...
I was only in Grade 4 ... and then I went on the boats, trochus fishing for a while,
and then I didn't like the trochus fishing so I finished up at the Island — working at
Thursday Island — in the pearling station. Later on I worked for Doctor Nimmo.
Robert A. Hall, Robert Anthony Hall, 1995
4
Throwing Off the Cloak: Reclaiming Self-reliance in Torres ...
Badu council employee (2006) LateBadu Elder (1989) Badu man living on
Thursday Island (1990) Badu nurse (1990) Female Badu teacher (2006) Badu
man (1989, 1990) Badu woman (1990) Boigu man (1990) Young Boigu nurse (
1990) ...
5
Lonely Planet Australia
during the dry season. Jardine Resort MOTEL $$$ ( IZI 07-4069 1555; www.
iardinemotel.comau; cnr Normanby St & Victoria Pde, Thursday Island; s/d $180/
200; IEIIQIEIIEI ) Although looking a little jaded, this is still the best deal on the
island.
Lonely Planet, Charles Rawlings-Way, Brett Atkinson, 2011
6
Somebody Now: The Autobiography of Ellie Gaffney, a Woman of ...
Thursday Island is the place where the homeless population is the highest
because the lifestyle on Thursday Island attracts people from the outer islands,
Papuans and southerners. Land on Thursday Island is very scarce and
expensive, ...
The places that are visited most frequently by outsiders are Bamaga, Seisia and
Thursday Island. In winter, tourists travel by road to Cape York and camp in the
camping area at Seisia. A regular ferry operates from Thursday Island, to service
...
8
My
Island Home: A Torres Strait Memoir
The weather can change with surprising speed when the monsoon storms hit, so
the next day we raced south and west, heading back to Thursday Island. A little
while later my smiling friend Will became involved in a knife fight in which
another ...
9
Lonely Planet Queensland: Chapter from Australia Travel Guide
MOTEL Jardine Resort $$$ ( 074069 1555; www.jardinemotel.com.au; cnr
Normanby St & Victoria Pde, Thursday Island; s/d $180/200; ) Although looking a
little jaded, this is still the best deal on the island. There's a popular restaurant
here.
Boisterous, unpredictable, and delightfully degenerate — Thursday Island was
irresistible. NOW, FROM THE VERANDA OF THE GRAND HOTEL I COULD
ALMOST see the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula, 30 miles to the
southeast, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THURSDAY ISLAND»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Thursday Island is used in the context of the following news items.
Queensland tele-chemo service expands to Thursday Island
Queensland Health has expanded its tele-chemotherapy service to Thursday Island, where nurses can administer chemotherapy to appropriate patients under ... «Pulse+IT Magazine, Apr 15»
My Town: Thursday Island
Just 39 kilometres from the tip of mainland Australia lies Thursday Island, the central hub of the Torres Strait. But to locals, Thursday Island is more than just an ... «ABC Online, Oct 14»
Torres Strait islanders battle it out in annual league cup on Thursday …
Hundreds of Torres Strait Islanders have converged on Thursday Island for the biggest ... The Zenadth Kes or Torres Strait Cup draws teams from several island ... «ABC Online, Oct 14»
Island time
As I began to discover when I first arrived on Thursday Island, the Strait's administrative hub and most populous island, that's a relationship that's still being ... «The Monthly, Sep 14»
North Queensland cyclone watch: category one system TC Gillian to …
Tropical Cyclone Gillian is a category one system, 255 kilometres west-south-west of Thursday Island and is expected to intensify as it moves south along the ... «ABC Online, Mar 14»
Exploring the very top of our country
Thursday Island is rich in history, known for its lucrative pearling industry founded in the 1880s, which enticed workers from all parts of Asia, particularly the ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jan 14»
Listen live: ABC goes to Thursday Island
As part of the trip, Kier will be broadcasting Breakfast live on Thursday from the beach front bakery on Thursday Island from 5:30-7:45am on your local radio ... «ABC Local, Sep 13»
Torres Strait Island council delays Qld Health tuberculosis screening …
Queensland Health is sending a team of six staff from Thursday Island, Cairns and Brisbane to conduct surveys and tests on Saibai and Boigu Islands. «ABC Online, Sep 13»
My Island Homicide
Senior-Sergeant Thea Dari-Jones is the new, middle-aged, head of police on Thursday Island, the tropical arcadia Somerset Maugham described as ''the last ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 13»
Catherine Titasey's 'My Island Homicide'
Their administration is centred on Thursday Island, or TI as it is known. ... Now she has written a crime novel, My Island Homicide, featuring Thea, a police officer ... «The Monthly, Aug 13»
