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Dowar Islet

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Dowar Islet
Dowar Islet. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Dowar Islet is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. It consists of a single island, Daua Island (also known as Dowar Island) which is one of the Murray Islands group in the Torres Strait.

There are a few buildings on the island, but it is not developed. The island was declared a locality on 2 July 2010 and its postcode is 4875. In both the 2016 census and 2021 census, it had "no people or a very low population".

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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