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  2. Tiwi Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Tiwi Islands (Tiwi: Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km (50 mi) to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island , Bathurst Island , and nine smaller uninhabited islands, with a combined area of 8,320 square kilometres (3,212 sq mi).

  3. Tiwi people - Wikipedia

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    The Tiwi people (or Tunuvivi [a]) are one of the many Aboriginal groups of Australia. Nearly 2,000 Tiwi people live on Bathurst and Melville Islands, which make up the Tiwi Islands, lying about 48 kilometres (30 miles) from Darwin. The Tiwi language is a language isolate, with no apparent link to the languages of Arnhem Land on the Australian ...

  4. Tiwi Land Council - Wikipedia

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    These representations were a consequence of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. A special gathering on Bathurst Island attended by the then Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Ian Viner, instituted the Tiwi Land Council on 7 September 1978, following Gazettal of the Land Council in Special Gazette No S 162 of 18 August 1978 ...

  5. Melville Island (Northern Territory) - Wikipedia

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    Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.Along with Bathurst Island and nine smaller uninhabited islands, it forms part of the group known as the Tiwi Islands, which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory in association with the Tiwi Land Council as the regional authority.

  6. Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal Australians have occupied the area that became the Tiwi Islands for at least 40,000 years. [5]On 5 May 1623, Willem Jootszoon Van Colster (or Coolsteerdt), in the ship Arnhem named the island De Speult Eylandt, in honour of Herman van Speult, Governor of Ambon, who had commissioned the voyage of exploration.

  7. Wurrumiyanga - Wikipedia

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    Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) is the home of Tiwi Designs, [6] an art corporation (involving some 100 indigenous artists) which produces fabric, carvings, ceramics, print and paintings and whose aim is to promote, preserve and enrich Tiwi culture. [7] It is also home of the ground where Australian rules football is played and Tiwi Islands Football ...

  8. Tiwi Islands Region - Wikipedia

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    The Tiwi Islands Region is a local government area (LGA) of the Northern Territory, Australia. The LGA covers an area of 7,483 square kilometres (2,889 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 2,753 in June 2018, and is governed by the Tiwi Islands Regional Council , formerly Tiwi Islands Shire Council .

  9. Milikapiti, Northern Territory - Wikipedia

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    Milikapiti is a village on the northern coast of Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. At the 2011 census, Milikapiti had a population of 447. [3] It is 105 kilometres (65 mi) by air from Darwin. Fly Tiwi airlines fly twice daily to and from Darwin servicing Milikapiti. The flight takes approximately 25 minutes.

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