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The steamer Guthrie was built around 1884 and originally part of the Eastern and Australian…
On 4 August 1888, the Torres Strait Pilot and New Guinea Gazette reported on the…
George Elphinstone Dalrymple, as one of the early Police Magistrates at Somerset, has a prominent…
The Thursday Island community has always had access to a wide range of entertainment including…
The area now comprising the central area of Thursday Island was originally called Port Kennedy,…
Tattersall’s Hotel once stood in Victoria Parade, Thursday Island and would have been a well-known…