Maltese people Maltese people The Maltese (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are the "Gozitans" (, ) who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo. The current Maltese people, characterised by the use of the Maltese language and by Roman Catholicism, are the descendants – through much mixing and hybridisation – of colonists from Sicily and Calabria who repopulated the Maltese islands in the beginning of the second millennium after a two-century lapse of
Salisbury Island (Recherche Archipelago) Salisbury Island (Recherche Archipelago) Salisbury Island is located in the Recherche Archipelago off the south coast of Western Australia. The island occupies an area of , the third largest island in the Recherche Archipelago. It is situated approximately east of Esperance and off the coast near the edge of the continental shelf making it one of the southern most islands in the archipelago. The island is formed from a massive limestone scarp that sits atop a granite dome. Many caves are found throughout the island both above and below water. Indigenous Australians are thought to have inhabited the island up