Welcome to the official website for The Torres Strait Islands: A Celebration. This unprecedented celebration of Torres Strait Islander culture and history is taking place at the Cultural Centre, South Bank, Brisbane from 1 July – 23 October 2011.

The Torres Strait is a vast region of Australia that is still largely unknown to the majority of the Australian populace. Located between the northern tip of Cape York and Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait comprises over 270 islands. 17 are inhabited by a number of Torres Strait Island peoples – Australia's other Indigenous culture, very different from mainland Aboriginal cultures.

Queensland’s major arts organisations are joining forces to showcase the diversity and vibrancy of historical and contemporary arts and culture of Torres Strait Islander Australians.

The Torres Strait Islands: A Celebration will encompass:

• ‘Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art from the Torres Strait Islands’, an exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) by more than 40 artists from 1 July to 9 October, 2011.
• 'Strait Home' will bring the State Library of Queensland's significant collections to life, through exhibitions, special events and activities, from 1 July to 23 October, 2011.
• ‘Awakening: Stories from the Torres Strait’, a collection of objects, including ceremonial masks and archaeological findings at the Queensland Museum South Bank from 25 June to 2 October 2011.
• A new work by the Bangarra Dance Theatre from 1–9 July, 2011; and the Mabo Oration, 3 July 2011 at QPAC.

The Cultural Centre recognises Queensland is in a unique position as home to two of the world's oldest continuing cultures and the major arts organisations recognise their role in preserving and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural practices and traditions.