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Landsat 7 imagery of the Tiwi Islands.
Landsat 7 imagery of the Tiwi Islands. Landsat 7, launched on April 15, 1999, is the latest satellite of the Landsat program.

The Tiwi Islands are located in Australia's Northern Territory 80 km north of Darwin at the junction of the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions The Arafura Sea is west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the Continental shelf between Australia and New Guinea. The Timor Sea (Laut Timor Portuguese: Mar Timor) is a sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, They are composed of Melville Island and Bathurst Island, with a combined area of 8320 km². Melville Island lies in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory of Australia. Bathurst Island (2600 km²) is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island

The islands are inhabited by the Tiwi, as they have been since before European settlement in Australia. The Tiwi people are an Indigenous Australian people culturally and linguistically distinct from those of Arnhem Land on the mainland just across the water. The Tiwi people are one of the many Indigenous groups of Australia. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The Arnhem Land Region is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. They number around 2,500. In 1996 the total population of the islands was 2,033, of whom 93. 8% were Aboriginal. Most residents speak Tiwi as their first language and English as a second language. Tiwi is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on the Tiwi Islands, within sight of the coast of northern Australia English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States

The islands were proclaimed an Aboriginal Reserve in 1912 and ownership of the islands was ceded to the Tiwi Aboriginal Land Trust in 1980. The Tiwi Islands Local Government Area was established on 12 July 2001, when the previous community government councils in the three main communities of Nguiu (Bathurst Island), Pirlangimpi and Milikapiti (Melville Island) were amalgamated with the Wurankuwu Aboriginal Corporation to begin a new era of united and co-ordinated local government. Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Nguiu (pronounced nyu yu) is a community on the southern coast of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Milikapiti is a village on the northern coast of Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia.

The Tiwi Land Council is one of four in the Northern Territory. It is a representative body with statutory authority under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. In Australian history, the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory Act established the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory It also has responsibilities under the Native Title Act 1993 and the Pastoral Land Act 1992. The Native Title Act of 1993 provides for determinations of Native title in Australia

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Tiwi football

A Tiwi Islands Aussie Rules game.
A Tiwi Islands Aussie Rules game.

Australian rules football is the most popular sport on the Tiwi Islands, and was introduced in 1941 by missionary John Pye. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1]

The Tiwi Islands Football League Grand Final is a cultural event held in March each year that attracts up to 3,000 spectators. The Tiwi Islands Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia. The Tiwi Australian Football League has 900 participants out of a community of about 2600, the highest football participation rate in Australia (35%). [2] Tiwi footballers are renowned for exquisite one touch skills. Many of the players have a preference for participating barefoot. Many of the male players also play for the St Mary’s Football Club in Darwin, which was formed specifically to allow Tiwi armymen in the 1950s to participate in the Northern Territory Football League. The St Marys Football Club, formed in 1952 is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League. Clubs Current clubs History See Australian rules football in the Northern Territory The NTFL chose to play in the Northern

The Tiwi Islands Football Club (Tiwi Bombers) fielded a team in the Northern Territory Football League from the 2006/07 season. The Tiwi Islands Football Club (known as the Tiwi Bombers) began as a representative club competing in the Northern Territory Football League 2006/07 season Clubs Current clubs History See Australian rules football in the Northern Territory The NTFL chose to play in the Northern

Notable footballers from the Tiwi Islands include Maurice Rioli, Dean Rioli, Cyril Rioli, Malcolm Lynch, Austin Wonaeamirri and David Kantilla. Maurice Rioli (born 1 September 1957 at Melville Island, Northern Territory) was an Australian rules football player from St Marys Football Club Dean Rioli (born 20 May 1978 is an indigenous former Australian rules football player who spent his whole professional career with the Essendon Football Cyril Rioli (born 14 July 1989 is an Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Malcolm Lynch is an Australian Rules Footballer in the AFL with the Western Bulldogs. Austin Wonaeamirri (born 2 October 1988 is an Indigenous ( Tiwi) Australian rules football player David Kantilla (1938-1978 was an Australian rules footballer who was the first full blood Indigenous Australian to play in the South Australian Football League

Land use and environment

The Tiwi Islands is a biodiversity hotspot, with diverse landscapes ranging from eucalypt forests and tropical savanna to rainforest. The seas and estuaries around the island are home to several species of shark and saltwater crocodiles. Sharks ( Superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of Fish with a full cartilaginous Skeleton and a highly streamlined body The saltwater or estuarine crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living Crocodilians and Reptiles It is found in suitable 100 years ago, the Tiwi Islands were mostly flat woodland.

Sustainability of the islands is under threat from increasing deforestation and coastal degradation. Deforestation is the conversion of Forested areas to non-forest land for use such as Arable land, Pasture, urban use logged area or wasteland

As recently as 1998, the John Howard government set out on a land clearing program for the islands, contracting thousands of hectares of land out to private operators, Great Southern Plantation, for woodchipping. See also Howard Government John Winston Howard AC (born 26 July 1939 was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March Woodchipping is the act and industry of chipping wood for pulp or processed wood products In September 2007, the company was accused of widespread breaches and environmental abuse, leading to a Commonwealth investigation. [3] Much of the cleared land is used for cattle or monoculture plantations, which the timber companies claim benefit the local indigenous people by providing jobs. [4] However the environmental abuse has had no positive economic benefit for the Tiwi people.

Picture gallery

Picture of Tiwi Island, 2005.

Picture of Tiwi Island church, 2005.

Picture of Tiwi Islands carved poles, 2005.

References

  1. ^ Tiwi Islands Grand Final from ABC Sport
  2. ^ "Even a cyclone can't stop the footy", The Sun-Herald, 2005-03-20. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Retrieved on 2006-05-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the  
  3. ^ Woodchip plantation breached environmental conditions: report
  4. ^ Land clearing threatens Tiwi Islands

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Coordinates: 11°32′S 130°26′E / -11.533, 130.433

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
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