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Mer (Murray) Island

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

• Mer (Murray) Island
  Torres Strait Regional Authority - Community Profiles - Mer (Murray) Island
  http://www.tsra.gov.au/the-torres-strait/community-profiles/mer.aspx
  
  
• Mabo - The Native Title Revolution
  This website is full of information relating to the Meriam Mer people of Mer Island, Torres Straits, Australia
  http://www.mabonativetitle.com/
  
  
• Torres Strait Islands - New World Encyclopedia
  The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands that lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. ...
  http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Torres_Strait_Islands
  
  
• Wikipedia - Murray Island, Queensland
  Murray Island (known by the local Torres Strait Islanders as Mer) is a small island of volcanic origin, populated by the Melanesian Meriam people and situated in the eastern section of Torres Strait, near the Great Barrier Reef. The island has a population of around 450.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Island,_Queensland
  
  
• Mabo/Maps/Mer
  Map of Mer
  http://www.mabonativetitle.com/map_Mer.shtml
  
  
• NSW HSC Online - Indigenous Australian Case Study:   Torres Strait, Mer (Murray Island) and Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo
  Exam material and other resources to help you succeed in your HSC. A Charles Sturt University (CSU) initiative developed in collaboration with the NSW Department of Education, Science and Training.
  http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/ab_studies/rights/global/social_justice_global/sjwelcome.responsenew2.html
  
  
• Murray Island, Queensland: Information from Answers.com
  Murray Island, Queensland This article refers to an Australian island. The American one is referred to as Murray Isle This article does not cite any
  http://www.answers.com/topic/murray-island-queensland
  
  
• Meriam language: Information from Answers.com
  Meriam language Meriam Spoken in Murray Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia Total speakers ~300–400 (1991) Language family Eastern
  http://www.answers.com/topic/meriam-language
  
  
• Meriam people: Information from Answers.com
  Meriam people Mer ( Murray Island ), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia , is home to the Meriam people
  http://www.answers.com/topic/meriam-people
  
  
• Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 1
  Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 1 General Ethnogrpahy. On-line to read .....
  http://www.archive.org/stream/reportsofcambrid01hadd#page/n7/mode/2up
  
  
• Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 3
  Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 3 Linguistics. On-Line to read ...
  http://www.archive.org/stream/reports190703cambuoft#page/ii/mode/2up
  
  
• Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 4
  Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 4 Arts and Crafts. On-line to read ....
  http://www.archive.org/stream/reports191204cambuoft#page/ii/mode/2up
  
  
• Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 6
  Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait: Volume 6 Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders. On-line to read .....
  http://www.archive.org/stream/reports190806cambuoft#page/ii/mode/2up
  
  
• Head-hunters; black, white, and brown
  AC Haddon - Head-hunters - Read free on-line ... ...
  http://www.archive.org/stream/headhuntersblac00haddgoog#page/n10/mode/2up
  
  
• Select bibliogrpahy of all items referring to the Meriam language from AIATSIS
  PDF File
  Selected Bibliography of the Meriam Mir / Miriam Mer language and Meriam people
  held in the AIATSIS Library
  http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library/docs/langbibs/Meriam_Mir_Miriam_MerMay09.pdf
  
  
• Eastern Torres Strait Islander Songs
  Can a language truly survive unless it can adequately convey its immediate world and the feeling of those living in its context? Can it travel wit...
  http://www.fatsil.org.au/Vol-35-November-2007/VOTL-35/Eastern-Torres-Strait-Islander-Songs.html
  
  
• From the diaries
  At two o'clock, the largest island was seen. At half past five, the largest Island bore S. 36º E. 28º W., one mile and a half. We had scarcely anchored when between forty and fifty Indians came off, in three canoes.
  http://mpec.sc.mahidol.ac.th/discaust/EAST12.HTM
  
  
• The Eastern Islands of Torres Strait
  PDF File
  The Eastern Islands of Torres Strait
  By Jeremy Beckett, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney
  http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/4160/ws016_paper_28.pdf
  
  
• KEVIN O'BRIEN  ARCHITECTS
  Debe Yama / Finding Dignity: 7 Prompts - Kevin O'Brien Architects ...Born in 1916 on Nepean Island in the Eastern Torres Strait islands, her 92 years has witnessed the impact of missionaries, Aboriginal Protectors
  http://www.koarchitects.com.au/papers/id/27
  
  
• Screen Australia Digital Learning - Digital resources tagged with ‘land rights’
  Every digital resource on Screen Australia’s Digital Learning site is tagged with descriptive terms. This list shows the resources which are tagged with ‘land rights’.
  http://dl.screenaustralia.gov.au/tag/land%20rights/
  
  
• Notes on the clans, economy, trade and traditional law of the Murray Islanders, Torres Straits
  Notes on the clans, economy, trade and traditional law of the Murray Islanders, Torres Straits...click on link to view more
  http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jso_0300-953x_1973_num_29_39_2423