The Torres Strait Islands is the birthplace of the only all-Indigenous battalion formed in Australia's military history.

Each year Australians gather on ANZAC Day to remember those who served in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping missions. But ...

1. A 'tombstone opening' and the problem of island custom -- 2. Pearlers, pastors and protectors -- 3. Disastrous contact: 'army time' and after -- 4. Reflections in a colonial mirror -- 5. The Murray ...

A whistle rings out. Evening is falling, and it's time for the people of the Torres Strait to abide by their night-time curfew. It was almost a century ago that the call of the "bu", or trumpet shell, ...

Unlike economic damages, there is no formal method for deciding on compensation for cultural loss when a court rules land has ...