Thursday Island is currently a 2-star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. You can tell us about your experience visiting Thursday Island by voting in the online poll or leaving a comment below. History and Geography Facts The original place of permanent European settlement in Torres Strait was Somerset, south-east of the tip of Cape York Peninsula, established in 1864. However, the channel between Albany Island and Somerset proved to be hazardous for a port and in 1875 it was j