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Jilkminggan

Community profile

​Jilkminggan is a community approximately 140 kilometres southeast of Katherine in the Northern Territory and east of Mataranka.

For more information, see Jilkminggan.

​Jilkminggan is a community approximately 140 kilometres southeast of Katherine in the Northern Territory and east of Mataranka.

For more information, see Jilkminggan.

Languages

Mangarrayi, Kriol, Roper River Creole and English

Population

263

96.5% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Jilkminggan

Woman in blue and white dress stands before a wall on which are shelves holding books and other materials.

Supporting Aboriginal artists and the local community

17 December 2018

Jilkminggan Op-shop in the NT supplies local artists with paint, canvas and other supplies and the local community with clothes, bedding and other necessities.