The art of Alick Tipoti, who is part of this region’s Maluilgal people, is influenced by traditional turtleshell masks like the le op. A flag representing this region’s people, who traditionally lived on Daru (-5[1])Island, has a blue stripe with green stripes on either side as well as a (15[1])dhari (“DAH-ree”) headdress. (15[1]-5[1])The Kalaw (15[1])Lagaw Ya (15[1]-5[1])(“KAHL-ow LAH-gow YAH”) and Meriam (15[1])languages spoken in this region have influenced (15[1])its Brokan creole, spoken on islands like Saibai and Mer. (15[1])Eddie (*) Mabo (-5[1])(“MAH-boh”), an activist from this region (10[1])whose most populous island (10[1])is Thursday Island, (10[2])brought a case (10[1])voiding (10[1])terra (10[1]-5[1])nullius. (10[2]-5[2])The Cape York peninsula (10[2])is now home to (10[1])communities (10[1])of people (10[2])indigenous to this nearby (10[1])region (10[1])of Melanesian descent. For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this region whose “Islanders” (10[1])are grouped (10[1])with Australian (10[2])Aboriginals (10[4]-5[2])as Indigenous (-5[1])Australians. (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[6])