Saibai
Queensland
Saibai is located in Queensland
Saibai
Saibai
Coordinates9°22′51″S 142°37′12″E / 9.3808°S 142.62°E / -9.3808; 142.62
Postcode(s)4875
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Torres Strait Island Region
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal division(s)Leichhardt

Saibai is a town within the locality of Saibai Island in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

History

Kala Kawaw Ya (also known as Kalaw Kawaw, KKY) is one of the languages of the Torres Strait. Kala Kawaw Ya is the traditional language owned by the Top Western islands of the Torres Strait. The Kala Kawaw Ya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Torres Shire Council.[2]

It is believed that there was a school on island since about 1900. It was possibly a mission school during the 1930s.[3]

On 29 January 1985, Saibai Island State School opened. In 2007 it became that Saibai Island campus of the Tagai State School which operates in numerous island in the Torres Strait.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Saibai – town in Torres Strait Island Region (entry 29433)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ↑ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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