Tiwi Islands

E62804
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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All labels observed (4)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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 Islands Regional Council → jurisdiction → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Tiwi Islands Regional Council → locatedIn → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Top End of the Northern Territory → contains → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Tiwi language → spokenIn → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Clarence Strait → separates → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Clarence Strait → hasNearbyIslandGroup → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Bathurst Island → partOf → Tiwi Islands ⓘ
Melville Island → locatedIn → Tiwi Islands ⓘ