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Badu Island (Mulgrave Island)

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Badu Island is located in the Torres Strait around 60 kilometres north of Thursday Island, Queensland.

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Badu Island is located in the Torres Strait around 60 kilometres north of Thursday Island, Queensland.

For more information, see: 

Traditional owners

Badulgal and Mualgal people

Languages

Kala Lagaw Ya

Population

704

86.9% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)