the land, sea, air and native plant and animal life of the Torres Strait. In the , Moa Island had a population of 448 people. On 1 January 2017, St Pauls State School became the St Pauls Campus of the Tagai State College, which has 17 campuses throughout the Torres Strait. Cultural groups Kubin is a community largely made up of the original Italgal, the Mualgal from north Moa, some of the Kulkalgal of Nagi, and the Kaiwalgal (Kaurareg) people, who were moved to Poid, on the southwestern corner of Moa Island in 1921. Poid was abandoned after World War II; one group moving back to their Narupai (Horn Island) homeland and the remainder moved southeast to Kubin to be able to see their homeland under the leadership of Wees Nawia. Local government On 30 March 1985, the Kubin community elected 3 councillors to constitute an autonomous Kubin Island Council. On 21 October 1985, the council area, previously an Aboriginal reserve held by the Queensland Government, was transferred to the trusteeship of the council under a Deed of Grant in Trust. In 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission recommended that the 15 Torres Strait Island councils be abolished and the Torres Strait Island Regional Council be established in their place. The first Torres Strait Islands Regional Council (TSIRC) was elected on 15 March 2008 in elections conducted under the Local Government Act 1993. Languages The language of Kubin is Kala Lagaw Ya (Muwalgau/Italgau and Kaiwalgau sub-dialects), while that of St. Pauls is Brokan (Torres Strait Creole), though many people are bilingual in Kala Lagaw Ya. Education St Pauls Campus is a primary (Early Childhood-6) campus of Tagai State College at 10 Anu Namai Road (). Kubin Campus is a primary (Early Childhood-6) campus of Tagai State College at Kanaian Yabu (). There is no secondary school on the island. The secondary (7-12) campus of Tagai State College is on Thursday Island. See also List of Torres Strait Islands References Attribution This Wikipedia article contains material from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories: Kubin (Moa) Island. Published by The State of Queensland under CC-BY-4.0, accessed on 3 July 2017. Further reading — with full text for all 22 chapters External links Kubin State School Mualgal People v State of Queensland (1999) FCA 157 (12 February 1999) Community Profile for St Pauls (Moa) Torres Strait Islands Torres Strait Island Region Torres