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30-Jan-2015

Day 4 Thursday Island

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First of three views of Thursday Island; a pleasant town of 3,500 people on a pleasant hilly island of 350 ha. Known to the indigenous Islanders as Waiben. This is the major Torres Strait settlement.

I gather that there’s uncertainty about the origin of the name “Thursday”. But indicatively, perhaps, there’s a Wednesday Island and Friday Island nearby, though no other days of the week. Named by an early ship captain passing by?


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Gill Kopy15-Feb-2015 01:37
Named by an unimaginative ship captain I think :) This does look like a pleasant place - would be interesting to know what people do here. Works well in pano V
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