Some Language-related Observations for Teachers in Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula Schools by Anna Shnukal

“… Newly-graduated non-Indigenous teachers who go to remote Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula (CYP) schools may experience a range of difficulties. …”
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Wind-Blown Mosquitoes and Introduction of Japanese Encephalitis into Australia by Scott A. Ritchie, Wayne Rochester

“…Large incursions of the virus in 1995 and 1998 were linked with low-pressure systems that sustained strong northerly winds from New Guinea to the Cape York Peninsula.…”
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On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae) by Graeme B. Smith, Andrew Mitchell

“…Eight species of the large silverfish genus Acrotelsella, collected by the first author from the Cape York Peninsula of northeastern Australia, are described and named as new species. …”
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Mapoon Mission Station and the Privatization of Public Violence: by Jasper Ludewig

“…It focuses on the case of Mapoon, a German Moravian mission station established on the remote Cape York Peninsula in the colony of Queensland at the turn of the twentieth century. …”
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A new subspecies of Philiris diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Wet Tropics of northern Australia by Bartholomew S. Hacobian, Michael F. Braby, Edward A. Petrie

“…Philiris diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 from the Wet Tropics of northeastern Queensland was previously thought to be monotypic, being most closely related to Philiris papuanus Wind & Clench, 1947 from Cape York Peninsula, Australia, and mainland New Guinea. …”

Forests: the cross-linguistic perspective by N. Burenhult, N. Burenhult, N. Burenhult, C. Hill, C. Hill, C. Hill, J. Huber, S. van Putten, K. Rybka, L. San Roque, L. San Roque

“…We do so on the basis of first-hand linguistic field data from a global sample of indigenous categorization systems as they are manifested in the following languages: Avatime (Ghana), Duna (Papua New Guinea), Jahai (Malay Peninsula), Lokono (the Guianas), Makalero (East Timor), and Umpila/Kuuku Ya'u (Cape York Peninsula). We show that basic linguistic categories relating to tree cover vary considerably in their principles of semantic encoding across languages, and that <i>forest</i> is a challenging category from the point of view of intercultural translatability. …”
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Factors influencing the community participation approaches used in Aedes mosquito management in the Torres Strait, Australia by Tammy Allen, Alan Crouch, Tanya L. Russell, Stephanie M. Topp

“…The Torres Strait is a group of islands located between Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. …”
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Aeromedical retrievals as a measure of potentially preventable hospitalisations and cost comparison with provision of GP-led primary health care in a remote Aboriginal community by Lara Wieland, Gail Abernethy

“… Introduction: Kowanyama is a very remote Aboriginal community on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia. …”
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