• Indigenous Sign Language (ISL) is an emerging contact language used by aboriginal deaf people in urban centers of Far North Queensland (Cape York Peninsula)...
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  • Auslan exists in Far North Queensland (extending from Yarrabah to Cape York), which is heavily influenced by the indigenous sign languages and gestural systems...
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  • a well-developed signed form of their language. It is one of the primary components of Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language. Avoidance speech...
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    The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum...
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  • sign with significant input from FSL) Nicaraguan Sign Language (school sign) Venezuelan Sign Language Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language (Cairns...
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  • with more than 5% of Indigenous population Geographical distribution of the Queensland population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal...
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  • the Murray River. Deaf Indigenous people of Far North Queensland (extending from Yarrabah to Cape York) form a distinct signing community using a dialect...
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  • well-developed signed form of their language. It may have had some influence in the broader Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language, though it may...
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    Strait language (also several other names, see below) is the language indigenous to the central and western Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia...
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    Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Far North Queensland. Sponsored by ASLIA, the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association. Padden, Carol;...
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    Queensland (locally /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in north-eastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous...
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    protecting the Indigenous population. It is estimated that in North Queensland 15 percent of the first wave of pastoralists were killed in Indigenous attacks...
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    (/ˈkænz/ ; Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population...
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    Gunggandji language spoken by the indigenous Gunggandji people) is a coastal town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia...
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    Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook...
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    on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples including their rights to self-determination and to protect their cultures, identities, languages, ceremonies, and...
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  • indigenous peoples of Oceania are Aboriginal Australians, Papuans, and Austronesians (Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians). These indigenous peoples...
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    Kuku Yalanji (category Far North Queensland)
    Australian people originating from the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland. The traditional language of the people is Guugu Yalandji. It has been comprehensively...
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  • Torres Strait Islands (category Islands of Far North Queensland)
    purposes. There are three languages spoken on the islands. The two indigenous languages are the Western-Central Torres Strait Language (called by various names...
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    the auspices of Noel Pearson's Cape York Institute in north Queensland. Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition is a group of prominent Australians...
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    is an island in the Torres Strait 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia. Badu Island is also a locality in the Torres...
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  • Wizards! (category Films shot in Queensland)
    Cool. Retrieved June 4, 2022. Kennedy, Jade (August 12, 2022). "Filming Wraps on Wizards! in Far North Queensland". Variety Australia. Wizards! at IMDb...
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    Cape York Peninsula (category Landforms of Far North Queensland)
    Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia. The land is mostly flat...
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    Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by...
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  • of Queensland, an effort is being made to teach some Indigenous languages in schools and to develop workshops for adults. More than 150 languages were...
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  • Kalkatungu (category North West Queensland)
    (properly Kalkatungu) are descendants of an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the Mount Isa region of Queensland. Their ancestral tribe has been called...
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    The field of Indigenous architecture refers to the study and practice of architecture of, for and by Indigenous people. It is a field of study and practice...
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    Emergency Service barracks, home to one company of the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment Spreadborough – mostly bushland and light industry. The...
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  • The genocide of Indigenous peoples, colonial genocide, or settler genocide is the intentional elimination of Indigenous peoples as a part of the process...
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    population of 1,239 people. Yungaburra is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. The landscape around Yungaburra has been shaped by millennia of...
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