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Wurrumiyanga

Community profile

Wurrumiyanga is an Aboriginal community located on the southeast corner of Bathurst Island, part of the Tiwi Islands, 80 kilometres north west of Darwin.

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Wurrumiyanga is an Aboriginal community located on the southeast corner of Bathurst Island, part of the Tiwi Islands, 80 kilometres north west of Darwin.

For more information, see:

Traditional owners

Mantiyupwi Clan

Languages

Modern Tiwi and English

Population

1421

85% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Wurrumiyanga

Indigenous woman with hair drawn back and wearing glasses and a dark shirt. Behind her is shelving and other office content.

20 years of strengthening the Tiwi community

02 December 2019

Twenty years of supporting the Tiwi community through training and employment placements is a significant achievement.
Image of a captured crocodile

Big croc draws a crowd on Bathurst Island

24 April 2019

Find out how and why a 4.5 metre Tiwi Islands crocodile was captured and relocated to a crocodile farm at Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory.