Tiwi Islands

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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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Label Occurrences
Tiwi Islands canonical 23
Tiwi Islands cultural region 2
Tiwi 1

Statements (47)

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

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

Darwin nearbyAttraction Tiwi Islands
Top End contains Tiwi Islands
Van Diemen Gulf adjacentTo Tiwi Islands
northern Australia contains Tiwi Islands
subject surface form: Northern Australia
Cape Van Diemen locatedIn Tiwi Islands
Tiwi people nativeTo Tiwi Islands
Tiwi people traditionalTerritory Tiwi Islands
Tiwi people hasPopulationRegion Tiwi Islands
Wurrumiyanga locatedIn Tiwi Islands
Pirlangimpi locatedIn Tiwi Islands
Pirlangimpi partOf Tiwi Islands
this entity surface form: Tiwi Land
Milikapiti locatedIn Tiwi Islands
Milikapiti isOneOfMainSettlementsOf Tiwi Islands
Milikapiti hasCulturalRegion Tiwi Islands
this entity surface form: Tiwi Islands cultural region
Tiwi Design locatedIn Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts and Crafts locatedIn Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts and Crafts ethnicGroupFocus Tiwi Islands
this entity surface form: Tiwi
Jilamara Arts and Crafts culturalRegion Tiwi Islands
this entity surface form: Tiwi Islands cultural region
Pukumani poles region Tiwi Islands
Tiwi language spokenIn Tiwi Islands
Clarence Strait separates Tiwi Islands
Bathurst Island partOf Tiwi Islands
Melville Island locatedIn Tiwi Islands