Masigalgal

Masigalgal are the people from Masig (Yorke Island), north-east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait region of Australia.

Masig Island is a small coral cay 160km north east of Thursday Island with a population of 270 people.

Masig Island and the surrounding eleven islands within Masigalgal Native Title determination are part of the Kulkulgal nation of the central Torres Strait. They speak Kulkalgau Ya, an endangered dialect of the Kala Lagaw Ya language of the western Torres Strait.

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