The Tiwi Bombers, a local football team from the Tiwi Islands
Total population
2,000
Regions with significant populations
Australia (Northern Territory)
Languages
Tiwi, English (Australian English, Aboriginal Australian English)
Related ethnic groups
See List of Australian Aboriginal group names
The Tiwi people (or Tunuvivi[a]) are one of the many Aboriginal groups of Australia. Nearly 2,000 Tiwi people live on Bathurst and Melville Islands, which make up the Tiwi Islands, lying about 48 kilometres (30 mi) from Darwin. The Tiwi language is a language isolate, with no apparent link to the languages of Arnhem Land on the Australian mainland. Their society is based on matrilineal descent, and marriage plays a very important part in many aspects of their lives. Art and music form an intrinsic part of their societal and spiritual rituals as the Tiwi people tend to follow a certain form of indigenous Animist belief system. The Stolen Generations saw many Indigenous people brought to the Tiwi Islands who were not of direct Tiwi descent.
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The Tiwipeople (or Tunuvivi) are one of the many Aboriginal groups of Australia. Nearly 2,000 Tiwipeople live on Bathurst and Melville Islands, which...
The Tiwi Islands (Tiwi: Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, 80 km (50 mi) to the north of Darwin adjoining...
Tiwi /ˈtiːwi/ is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Tiwipeople on the Tiwi Islands, within sight of the coast of northern Australia. It is...
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impacts on the climate and biodiversity. Crucially, they stressed that the Tiwipeople, owners of the local islands, were not adequately consulted, and were...
Fly Tiwi is an Australian airline based in Darwin, Northern Territory, offering scheduled passenger services between the Northern Territory capital and...
living on the Tiwi Islands. It was established following requests by the Tiwipeople for recognition of their distinct geographic and cultural identity. These...
of 1896 and he returned to the Coburg Peninsula with four Tiwipeople and learned the Tiwi language from them. He later returned to Yermalner in 1905...
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dysentery, among other ailments. D. bulbifera is highly important to the Tiwipeople of Australia, who use it in an important ceremony called kulama. During...
New South Wales where specific collective names are not used; Tiwipeople of the Tiwi Islands off Northern Territory; and Palawah in Tasmania. The largest...
were also noted aboriginal artists from the Tiwi Islands. Orsto was one of the first female members of Tiwi Designs. Prior to her death she worked and...
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Fraser Island), Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, Kangaroo Island and Groote Eylandt. Indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, however, are...
"Saltwater People", had a vibrant traditional society based on a close relationship with the sea and trade with neighbouring groups such as the Tiwi, Wadjiginy...
Indigenous Australians typically feature body painting; the Yolngu and Tiwipeople create carved pukumani burial poles from ironwood trunks, while elaborately...
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...
Grace came from New Zealand, and B2M (Bathurst to Melville), a band from the Tiwi Islands, Australia also performed at the festival. The 2018 festival took...
established in 1824 but was abandoned in 1829 due to attacks from the local Tiwipeople. Some fighting also took place near Fort Wellington on the Cobourg Peninsula...
(54): 117–138. doi:10.2307/3351167. hdl:1813/53986. JSTOR 3351167. Etika, Tiwi; Schiller, Anne (1 May 2022). "Kaharingan or Hindu KaharinganWhat's in a...
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