The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Journal

Keriri (Hammond) Island

The aim of this page is to gather information freely available on the Internet about Keriri (Hammond) Island, Torres Straits, Australia.

• Hammond  Island
  Torres Strait Regional Authority - Community Profiles - Hammond  Island
  http://www.tsra.gov.au/the-torres-strait/community-profiles/hammond.aspx
  
  
• Hammond Island Council
  Hammond Island is well known as "KERIRI", and it is traditionally owned by the Kaurareg People. Hammond Island is a Hilly island with mounds of basaltic rocks. It is situated in the Inner Group of the islands of the Torres Strait. It is 10km long and noted for its natural, permanent, freshwater springs.
  http://www.hammond.qld.gov.au/
  
  
• St. Joseph Church, Hammond Island
  approximately 60,000 blue granite rocks, weighing a total of 2,000 tons were smashed and dragged up the hill by the use of manual labour
  http://www.hammond.qld.gov.au/visitors/church.shtml
  
  
• Wikipedia - Torres Strait Islands
  The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. ...
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islands
  
  
• Torres Strait seagrass
  The Torres Strait lies between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea and was named after the first known European explorer in the region, Spanish navigator Luis Baés de Torres (1606).
  http://www.seagrasswatch.org/torres_strait.html
  
  
• Pictures relating to Hammond Island, QLD
  Images relating to Hammond Island, Queensland. ...caution..pictures of deceased among this collection
  http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=7686&cmd=sp&d=pics
  
  
• Torres Strait near Hammond Island
  PDF File
  Map of Hammond Island
  http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/documents/Fisheries_PolicyAndLegislation/FCW-160.pdf
  
  
• Torres Strait Island communities D-H (State Library of Queensland)
  > Information for... > Indigenous people > Footprints before me > Community history > Missions and reserves > Torres Strait Island communities > D-H
  http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind/footprints/community/missions/tsi/d-h#hammond
  
  
• Torres Strait Regional Authority - Ms Nancy Pearson
  Ms Pearson is an avid champion for women and families in the region. Economic development, environmental sustainability and strategies to increase employment are all areas that Ms Pearson sees as being of concern. ...
  http://www.tsra.gov.au/the-tsra/structure/ms-nancy-pearson.aspx
  
  
• A Torres Strait Territory Government
  The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), the peak regional body in the Torres Strait, has proposed a new regional governance framework in the Torres Strait.
  http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AILR/2001/55.html
  
  
• Community
  ...there are relatively few people (18,000 or 0.1% of the Australian population) in this area whish is nearly 2% of Australians or about half the size of...
  http://www.cypda.com.au/book/export/html/7
  
  
• National Native Title Tribunal - Claimant application summary - Kaurareg People #2
  Application name:   Kaurareg People #2
  Application type:   Claimant application
  State or Territory:   Queensland
  http://www.nntt.gov.au/Applications-And-Determinations/Search-Applications/Pages/Application.aspx?tribunal_file_no=QC08/7
  
  
• Google Images - Hammond Island, Torres Strait
  Google image results for Hammond Island, Torres Strait
  http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&um=1&q=hammond%20island,%20torres%20straits%20australia&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
  
  
• Google Books - Hammond Island, Torres Strait
  Google book results for Hammond Island, Torres Strait
  http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&um=1&q=hammond+island,+torres+straits+australia&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=bks:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=ip
  
  
• Google Scholar - Hammond Island, Torres Strait
  Google scholar results for Hammond Island, Torres Strait
  http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&um=1&q=hammond+island,+torres+straits+australia&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=is
  
  
• Youtube - Hammond Island - View from the top
  Taken from the front of the stone church
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNlOR_3qhyU&feature=related
  
  
  
• Youtube - Grotto - Hammond Island
  ...wandered around and found this grotto hidden away today...
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-NfhlASVnM
  
  
  
• Youtube - Finding  the hidden grotto - Hammond Island
  It was a glorious example of people using the materials that nature has provided to show their worship. A truly magical experience.  Since I posted this, I received comments from a local person who was upset that I had described it as "hidden". ...
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKOAYGrXjqA&feature=related