Books about the Torres Strait

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There a many books available on the the Torres Strait and its people. Most of the titles below are available for purchase from the Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Torres Strait - located on Thursday Island. Gab Titui staff are happy to provide further information and can be contacted by telephoning 07 4090 2130 or by email on info@tsra.gov.au.

Name of Book Author Publisher
A Question of Defence S.J. Earle Torres Strait Historical Society
Aboriginal Arts & Culture Kleinert & Neale Oxford Press
An Explorers Guide to Kubin, Moa Island Ron & Anne Edwards Rams Skull Press
An Explorers Guide to St Pauls, Moa Island Ron & Anne Edwards Rams Skull Press
Black Gold Collin Tatz & Paul Tatz Aboriginal Studies Press
Butterfly Song Terri Jenke Penguin Books
Children of the Torres Strait Ron Edwards and Anne Edwards Rams Skull Press
Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Anne Eglitis Central Queensland University Press
Dabu Grows Up Seiena Solomon Magabala Books
Dabu the baby dugong Seiena Solomon Magabala Books
Dictionary of Torres Strait Language Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Eded Mer (my life) Thomas Lowah Rams Skull Press
Erubai in the Islands Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
From Village to Mission then Commmunity Tony Hall - Matthew Carpentaria Consulting Services
Gatherings Marion Demozay Keearia Press
Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Dugong my Son Australian Art Print Network Australian Art Print Network
Gelam The Man From Moa Anne Abednego Gela Magabala Books
Ilan Pasin - This Is Our Way, Torres Strait Art Tom Mosby & Brian Robinson Cairns Regional Gallery
Koeru Ngulaig - Inner Knowledge Thursday Island State High School Access Ed
Kuiyku Mabaigal - Waii & Sobai Alick Tipoti Magabala Books
Mabo, Wik & Native Titile Peter Butt, Robert Eagleson & Patricia Lane The Federation Press
Mura Migi Kazika - For Us Little Mob Alick Tipoti Magabala Books
My Island Home John Singe University of Queensland Press
Navigating Boundaries Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsey and Yuriko Nagata Pandanus Books
No Ordinary Judgement Nonie Sharp Aboriginal Studies Press
Palm Frond Pastimes Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Past Time: TSI Material from Haddon Collection 1888 - 1905 Jude Philps National Museum of Australia
Songs from Coconut Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Darnley Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Dauan Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Murray Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Saibai Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Stephen Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Wararber Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Songs from Yorke Island Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Stars of Tagai Nonie Sharp Aboriginal Studies Press
Stories from Stephen Ron & Anne Edwards Rams Skull Press
Story Place Queensland Art Gallery
Telling it like it is Penny Taylor Australian Institute of Aboriginal & TSI Studies
Telstra National Aboriginal & TSI Art Award: Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
The Biggest Fish Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
The Black Diggers Robert A Hall Aborignal Studies Press
The Wreck of the SS Quetta - Cape Yorke 1890 Hubert Hofer Tableland Printing Sevice
Timeless Isle Captain John C.H. Foley Torres Strait Historical Society
Traditional Torres Strait Islander Cooking Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
Tri Pikinin (Three Pikinin) Ron Edwards Rams Skull Press
TSI Women & the Pacific war Elizaberth Osbourne Aboriginal Studies Press
Why Warriors Lie Down & Die Richard Trugen Aboriginal Resource & Development Services INC