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THURSDAY ISLAND

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 904 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THURSDAY See also:ISLAND , one of the smallest of the See also:Prince of See also:Wales See also:group, N. of Cape See also:York, in the Torres Strait, attached ' See also:William See also:Allen (1806–1879), a native of See also:North Carolina, removed in 1822 to See also:Chillicothe, See also:Ohio, was admitted to the See also:bar in 1827, was a representative in See also:Congress in 1833–1835, served in the See also:United States See also:Senate in 1837–1.849, and Was See also:governor of Ohio in 1874–1875.to See also:Somerset See also:county, See also:Queensland, See also:Australia. Pop. (1901), 1534. It has an excellent See also:harbour, See also:Port See also:Kennedy, and is a port of See also:call for See also:mail steamers and the centre of the beche-de-mer and See also:pearl See also:fisheries of the Torres Strait. It is a fortified coaling station for the See also:British See also:navy. The neighbouring See also:Friday Island is the See also:quarantine and leper station for Queensland.

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