Thursday Island, Queensland — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Thursday Island, in the Torres Shire local government area.
| Locality | Thursday Island |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Torres Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -10.56108 |
| Longitude | 142.24711 |
| Population | 2,805 |
| Density | 96.2 /km² |
| Area | 29.2 km² |
| Elevation | 19 m |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 2192 km north-northwest |
Thursday Island is a locality in the Torres Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. It has a population of approximately 2,805. The locality covers an area of 29.2 km², giving a population density of about 96.2 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 19 m above sea level. It lies approximately 2192 km north-northwest of Brisbane. Thursday Island is located at 10.5611°S, 142.2471°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving.
Thursday Island rises from the cobalt waters of the Torres Strait, its undulating hills cloaked in a scrub of hardy native trees and grasses. It lies 1084.0 km north-north-west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 333°T), and is situated 9.7 km north-west of Horn. The air, thick with the salt spray and the scent of damp earth after a recent shower, carries the distant cry of seabirds. Low-slung buildings, painted in cheerful, sun-bleached colours, cling to the slopes, their corrugated iron roofs glinting under the relentless tropical sun. The harbour, a restless expanse of blue, is dotted with the jaunty shapes of small boats, their masts like skeletal fingers against the vast sky.
This island, known to its Traditional Custodians for millennia, became a significant administrative and trading post in the late 19th century, its strategic position proving invaluable. The pearl shell industry once flourished here, a shimmering legacy of fortunes made and lost beneath the waves, and traces of that era can still be found in the weathered jetties and the quiet hum of the present-day fishing fleets. Today, Thursday Island remains a vital hub, a place where the rhythms of the sea dictate the pace of life and where the enduring spirit of its people is as palpable as the heat radiating from the sun-baked earth.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Thursday Island, Queensland with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Thursday Island, in the Torres Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Thursday Island includes the postcode, telephone area code (07), and local government area (Torres Shire). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Thursday Island is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |