Tagai State College - Poruma Campus. On 30 March 1985, the Poruma community elected 3 councillors to constitute an autonomous Poruma Council established under the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984. The Act conferred local government type powers and responsibilities upon Torres Strait Islander councils. The council area, previously an Aboriginal reserve held by the Queensland Government, was transferred on 21 October 1985 to the trusteeship of the council under a Deed of Grant in Trust. On 24 April 2002, the council’s name was changed from Poruma Council to Poruma Island Council. In 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission recommended that the 15 Torres Strait Island councils be abolished and the Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) be established in their place. In elections conducted under the Local Government Act 1993 on 15 March 2008, members of the 15 communities comprising the Torres Strait Island Regional Council local government area each voted for a local councillor and a mayor to constitute a council of 15 councillors plus a mayor. In the , Poruma Island had a population of 149 people. In the , Poruma Island had a population of 167 people. Education Tagai State College - Poruma Campus is a primary (Early Childhood-6) campus at Olandi Street () of Tagai State College (headquartered at Thursday Island) . Amenities The Torres Strait Island Regional Council operates the Poruma (Ngalpun Ngulaygaw Lag) Library on Main Street. See also Coconut Island Airport List of Torres Strait Islands References Attribution This Wikipedia article contains material from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories:Poruma (Coconut Island). Published by The State of Queensland under CC-BY-4.0, accessed on 3 July 2017. Further reading External links The Poruma resort Torres Strait Islands Torres Strait Island Region Queensland in World War II Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Government Localities in Queensland