Translation for 'Torres Strait' from English to Croatian

Torres Strait

Torresov prolaz {m}zem.

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strait

moreuz {m}naut.zem.

uzak {adj}

tjesnac {m}naut.zem.

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Bering Strait

Beringov prolaz {m}zem.

Korea Strait

Korejski prolaz {m}zem.

Cook Strait

Cookov prolaz {m}zem.

Bass Strait

Bassov prolaz {m}zem.

Hudson Strait

Hudsonov prolaz {m}zem.

Strait of Magellan

Magellanov prolaz {m}zem.

• Among Torres Strait Islanders, the hammerhead shark, known as the "beizam", is a common family totem and often represented in cultural artefacts such as the elaborate headdresses worn for ceremonial dances, known as dhari (dari).
• However, he missed the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia, probably due to the numerous reefs and islands obscuring potential routes, and continued his voyage by following the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria westwards along the north Australian coast.
• 7% of the population, or 11,960 people, identified as Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians and/or Torres Strait Islanders) in 2016.
• The first Torres Strait Islanders – ethnically and culturally distinct from the Aboriginal people – arrived from what is now Papua New Guinea around 2,500 years ago, and settled in the islands of the Torres Strait and the Cape York Peninsula forming the northern tip of the Australian landmass.
• Self-determination has become the topic of some debate in Australia in relation to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.

• The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.
• In Australia, during the colonial period, some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may have theoretically had the right to vote in colonial elections.
• In the Torres Strait it runs close to the mainland of New Guinea, keeping the adjacent North Western Torres Strait Islands (Dauan, Boigu and Saibai) under Australian sovereignty.
• In December 1997, in response to the first recommendation of the "Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families" report, the Australian Government announced funding for the National Library to develop and manage an oral history project.
• The Torres Strait Islanders are indigenous to the Torres Strait Islands, which are at the northernmost tip of Queensland near Papua New Guinea.

• The aboriginal mummification traditions found in Australia are thought be related to those found in the Torres Strait islands, Full-body mummification was achieved by these cultures, but not the level of artistic preservation as found on smaller islands.
• Indigenous Australian music includes the music of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who are collectively called Indigenous Australians; it incorporates a variety of distinctive traditional music styles practiced by Indigenous Australian peoples, as well as a range of contemporary musical styles of and fusion with European traditions as interpreted and performed by indigenous Australian artists.
• Telstra sponsors numerous awards around Australia, including the Australian Business of the Year award, the MYOB Small Business Award, and the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) which has become known as the Telstra Award.