Bathurst Island

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Bathurst Island is a large, sparsely populated island off the northern coast of Australia, known as one of the Tiwi Islands and home to the Tiwi Aboriginal community.

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Label Occurrences
Bathurst Island canonical 8

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
administrativeStatus part of Tiwi Islands Regional Council
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicGroup Tiwi people
surface form: Tiwi Aboriginal community
formerNameOfSettlement Nguiu
governedBy Northern Territory Government
hasAirport Bathurst Island Airport
hasArtCentre Tiwi art centres
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate
hasCoastlineFeature rocky headlands
sandy beaches
hasCulturalPractice Tiwi art and carving
Tiwi ceremonies
hasDrySeason May to October
hasEconomicActivity art production
fishing
public sector employment
hasFauna dugongs
sea turtles
seabirds
hasIndigenousProtectedArea Tiwi Islands Indigenous Protected Area
hasLanguage Tiwi language
hasLocalGovernment Tiwi Islands Regional Council
hasMarineEnvironment coral reefs
hasNearbyIsland Melville Island
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasReligiousInstitution Catholic mission
hasSettlement Wurrumiyanga
hasTraditionalOwnerGroup Tiwi Land Council
hasTransport ferry services to mainland
light aircraft services
hasVegetation mangroves
tropical woodland
hasWetSeason November to April
inhabitedBy Tiwi people
knownFor Australian rules football culture
Tiwi Aboriginal culture
art and craft traditions
locatedIn Northern Territory
locatedInBodyOfWater Timor Sea
locatedInRegion Top End
locatedOffCoastOf northern coast of Australia
partOf Tiwi Islands
populationDensity sparsely populated
separatedFrom Melville Island by Apsley Strait
timeZone Australian Central Standard Time
UTCOffset +9:30

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Tiwi Islands composedOf Bathurst Island
Tiwi Islands secondLargestIsland Bathurst Island
Tiwi people traditionalTerritory Bathurst Island
Wurrumiyanga locatedIn Bathurst Island
Tiwi Islands Regional Council isOnIsland Bathurst Island
Tiwi Design locatedIn Bathurst Island
Tiwi language region Bathurst Island
Clarence Strait hasNearbyIsland Bathurst Island