Local government area in the Northern Territory, Australia
Tiwi Islands Regional Council Northern Territory
Population
2,753 (2018)[1]
• Density
0.36790/km2 (0.95286/sq mi)
Established
2014
Area
7,483 km2 (2,889.2 sq mi)[1]
Mayor
Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri[2]
Council seat
Milikapiti
Region
Tiwi Islands
Territory electorate(s)
Arafura
Federal division(s)
Lingiari
Website
Tiwi Islands Regional Council
LGAs around Tiwi Islands Regional Council:
Timor Sea
Timor Sea
Arafura Sea
Timor Sea
Tiwi Islands Regional Council
West Arnhem
Wagait
Darwin
West Arnhem
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.
^ ab"3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
The TiwiIslands (Tiwi: Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km (50 mi) to the north of Darwin adjoining...
The TiwiIslandsRegion 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)...
Tiwi /ˈtiːwi/ is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Tiwi people on the TiwiIslands, within sight of the coast of northern Australia. It is...
promote, preserve and enrich Tiwi culture. It is also home of the ground where Australian rules football is played and TiwiIslands Football League matches...
The Daly–Tiwi–West Arnhem statistical area surrounds metropolitan Darwin on all sides and is made up of four regional councils: TiwiIslands, West Daly...
Australia by population On 1 July 2014, the West Daly Region split away from the Victoria Daly Region The Darwin Waterfront Precinct was included with the...
region. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - seat of the separate TiwiIslandsRegion of the Northern Territory, itself its own local government area on...
runs through the traditional Sea Country the Larrakia and Jikilaruwu TiwiIslands clan, who have significant cultural connection to it as well a dependency...
peninsula is dominated by Bulusan Volcano, the other active volcano in the region. Tiwi in Albay and the Bacon-Manito area between Sorsogon and Albay are the...
South Wales). Its IBRA code is PSI. Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands constitute the Norfolk Islands, a Level 3 biogeographic unit (aka botanical country) in...
among Indigenous Australian communities in Darwin, Alice Springs and the TiwiIslands. It is governed by AFL Northern Territory. In 2017, it was reported that...
Jean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940–2013) was a significant TiwiIsland artist whose work is held at most major and several minor Australian galleries and the...
statue of the Virgin Mary that was first venerated in Joroan (now part of Tiwi, Albay) in the Philippines. The image was canonically crowned 25 August 1976...
1986, p. 149. "Biodiversity conservation on the TiwiIslands, Northern Territory. Fauna" (PDF). Tiwi Land Council. June 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2022. "Groote...
of Arnhem Land, Croker Island, and the TiwiIslands. The bioregion is part of the Arnhem Land tropical savanna ecoregion. Tiwi Cobourg consists of two...
end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region. Galiwin'ku is also the name of the settlement where the island's largest community...
Pelican Fleet". Flightradar24. Retrieved 22 May 2021. "Fly Tiwi About Us". www.flytiwi.com.au. Fly Tiwi. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July...
year. There are a number of islands off the Top End coast including the TiwiIslands (Bathurst Island and Melville Island), and Groote Eylandt as well...
native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and the TiwiIslands of the Northern Territory. It is a tall tree with lance-shaped...
Vanuatu. New Caledonia comprises a main island, Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. Approximately half the size of Taiwan,...
The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council...
Region of the Philippines. The volcano displays strong fumarolic activity which is harnessed for generating electricity. Located on its slope is Tiwi...
today includes the islands of Tasmania, K'gari (previously Fraser Island), Hinchinbrook Island, the TiwiIslands, Kangaroo Island and Groote Eylandt....
Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2020. "TiwiIslands". Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2020...
Cape Leveque and the TiwiIslands. It has an area of 305,463 km2, extending from the shore to 330 metres depth. Most of the region ranges from 10 to 100...
Eylandt including Angurugu, Umbakumba and Milyakburra (Bickerton Island), and neighboring islands Birr Rawarrang Ward (2) - Ramingining and surrounding areas...
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