Duncan Islands

10°14′10″S 142°04′37″E / 10.235988°S 142.077055°E / -10.235988; 142.077055ArchipelagoTorres Strait IslandsAdjacent toTorres StraitTotal islands3Administration

Australia

StateQueenslandLocal government area Torres Strait Island RegionDemographicsPopulationUninhabited

The Duncan Islands are a group of islands in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, northwest of the Bramble Channel of Torres Strait in Queensland, Australia.^[1] The islands are situated north of Thursday Island and approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Badu Island. The Duncan Islands are located within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area.

The Duncan Islands include three uninhabited islands:

Kanig Island
Maitak Island
Meth Islet

The first Europeans to discover the islands were the survivors of the wreck of Governor Ready, who were sailing to Timor in their boats.

References

^ "Map of Duncan Islands, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

List of Torres Strait topics

Torres Strait Islands,
islets, and cays

Bellevue group	Aipus Cap Kamutnab Keatinge Mabuiag Pulu Subur Warakuikul Talab Widul
Bourke group	Aukane Aureed Kabbikane Layoak Mimi Roberts Yam
Duncan group	Kanig Maitak Meth
Inner group	Port Lihou Yeta
Adolphus Channel group	Albany Bush Eborac Ida Middle Brother
Talbot group	Aubussi Boigu Moimi
The Three Sisters group	Bet Poll Sue
Yorke group	Keats Marsden Rennel Smith
Ungrouped	Allison Anchor Arden Badu Barn Barney Bond Booby Bramble Browne Campbell Canoe Castle Coconut Crab Dalrymple Darnley Dauan Dayman Deliverance Dove Dugong Dumaralug East East Strait Entrance Farewell Flat Friday Gabba Getullai Goods Great Woody Green Halfway Hammond Hawkesbury High Horn Kaumag Kerr Lacey Little Adolphus Little Woody Lowry Mai Meddler Moa Morilug Mouinndo Mount Adolphus Mount Ernest Murangi Murray Nepean Nicklin North North Possession North West Obelisk Packe Passage Pearce Phipps Portlock Prince of Wales Quoin Red Red Wallis Roko Saddle Saibai Salter Sassie Spencer Stephens Suarji Thursday Tobin Travers Tree Trochus Tudu Tukupai Turnagain Turtle Head Turtle Turu Twin Underdown Wednesday West Whale Woody Wallis York Yorke Zagai

People, culture,
communities and
languages

Notable Torres Strait Islanders	Christine Anu Seaman Dan Aaron Fa'aoso Josh Hoffman Nathan Jawai Ellen Jose Robert Lui Eddie Mabo Rachael Maza Patty Mills Rita Mills Mills Sisters Danny Morseu Tanu Nona Albert Proud Wendell Sailor Sam Thaiday Brent Webb Jesse Williams
Culture	Indigenous music of Australia Mabo (film) Taba Naba
Communities	Bamaga Kaurareg Mabuiag Meriam (people) Seisia
Languages	Bine Eastern Trans-Fly Gizrra Kalaw Lagaw Ya Meriam Torres Strait Creole Torres Strait English Wipi

Governance and
legal matters

Governance	Shire of Torres Torres Strait Islander Flag Torres Strait Island Region Torres Strait Regional Authority
Legal cases and principles	Akiba v Commonwealth Mabo v Queensland No 1 No 2 Terra nullius