The Tiwi people (or Tunuvivi) are one of the many Aboriginal groups of Australia. Nearly 2,000 Tiwi people live on Bathurst and Melville Islands, which...
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Tiwi /ˈtiːwi/ is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Tiwi people on the Tiwi Islands, within sight of the coast of northern Australia. It is...
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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...
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archaeological site Tiwi, Northern Territory, a suburb of Darwin in Australia The Tiwi Islands, 80 km (50 mi) north of Darwin The Tiwi people, the inhabitants...
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Matthias Ulungura (category Tiwi Islands people)
Tiwi Islands, who in 1942 became the first Australian to take a Japanese prisoner of war on Australian soil. Ulungura was a member of the Tiwi people...
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Tiwi, officially the Municipality of Tiwi (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Tiwi; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tiwi) is a 1st class municipality in the Province of Albay...
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impacts on the climate and biodiversity. Crucially, they stressed that the Tiwi people, owners of the local islands, were not adequately consulted, and were...
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Melville Island (Northern Territory) (category Tiwi Islands)
Melville Island (Tiwi: Yermalner) is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia. Along with Bathurst Island...
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Fly Tiwi is an Australian airline based in Darwin, Northern Territory, offering scheduled passenger services between the Northern Territory capital and...
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dysentery, among other ailments. D. bulbifera is highly important to the Tiwi people of Australia, who use it in an important ceremony called kulama. During...
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