Thursday Island

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Thursday Island

Total population

2,805

Air quality index

33Good

WeatherAvg high 85.2°F

Coordinates-10.58°, 142.22°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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. Thursday Island is located approximately 39 kilometres north of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

D

Danny Morseu

Australian basketball player

Charles Klapow

American choreographer

G

George Assang

Australian actor and singer

J

Josie Janz

Australian netball player

Matthew Elliott

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

Michael Bani

Australian rugby league footballer

S

Sam Bowie

Australian rugby league footballer

S

Sam Joe

Australian rugby league footballer

Seaman Dan

Australian singer (1929-2020)

G

George Ambrum

Australian rugby league footballer

Chris Harper

Australian cyclist

Jonus Pearson

Australian rugby league footballer (b. 1995)

Moses Sorovi

rugby union player (1996-)

Tiarna Ernst

Australian rules footballer

C

Cynthia Lui

Australian politician

J

Jimmy Gagai

Australian dancer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Queensland

• St Josephs
  2 mi away
• Seisia
  20.7 mi away · pop. 293
• New Mapoon
  22.4 mi away
• Umagico
  23.1 mi away
• Injinoo
  23.4 mi away · pop. 493
• St Pauls
  28.5 mi away · pop. 278
• Bramwell Junction
  106.8 mi away
• Aurukun
  194.4 mi away · pop. 1,101
• Kowanyama
  339.5 mi away · pop. 1,079
• Lakeland
  405.4 mi away
• Rossville
  411.6 mi away
• Ayton
  424.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Thursday Island

Search results from Open Library.