Tiwi Islands

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archipelago islands

The Tiwi Islands are a remote Aboriginal-owned archipelago off Australia’s Northern Territory coast, renowned for their rich Tiwi culture, art, and tropical landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
islands ⓘ
access by air from Darwin ⓘ
by ferry from Darwin ⓘ
administrativeStatus part of the Northern Territory of Australia ⓘ
capitalSettlement Wurrumiyanga ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
composedOf Bathurst Island ⓘ
Melville Island ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalPractice Pukumani burial ceremonies ⓘ
culturalProduct Pukumani poles ⓘ
distanceFromDarwin about 80 kilometres ⓘ
drySeason approximately May to October ⓘ
economicActivity art production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
public sector employment ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governedBy Tiwi Islands Regional Council ⓘ
hasArtCentre Jilamara Arts and Crafts ⓘ
Jilamara Arts and Crafts ⓘ
surface form: Munupi Arts and Crafts

Tiwi Design ⓘ
knownFor Aboriginal community-controlled tourism ⓘ
Australian rules football culture ⓘ
Tiwi art ⓘ
Tiwi culture ⓘ
tropical landscapes ⓘ
languageFamily Tiwi language isolate ⓘ
languageSpoken Tiwi language ⓘ
largestIsland Melville Island ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Tiwi Islands Regional Council ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Territory ⓘ
Timor Sea ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Darwin ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Northern Territory ⓘ
majorCommunity Milikapiti ⓘ
Pirlangimpi ⓘ
Wurrumiyanga ⓘ
ownershipStatus Aboriginal-owned ⓘ
population approximately 2,500 people ⓘ
protectedAreaNearby Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (nearby on Cobourg Peninsula) ⓘ
region Top End ⓘ
secondLargestIsland Bathurst Island ⓘ
timeZone Australian Central Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalOwners Tiwi people ⓘ
utcOffset +9:30 ⓘ
wetSeason approximately November to April ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Van Diemen Gulf → adjacentTo → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Top End → contains → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Darwin → nearbyAttraction → Tiwi Islands ⓘ