The Tiwi Islands Region is a
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
(LGA) of the
Northern Territory
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, Australia. The LGA covers an area of and had an estimated population of 2,753 in June 2018, and is governed by the Tiwi Islands Regional Council, formerly Tiwi Islands Shire Council.
History
In October 2006 the
Northern Territory Government
The Government of the Northern Territory of Australia, also referred to as the Northern Territory Government, is the Australian territorial democratic administrative authority of the Northern Territory. The Government of Northern Territory wa ...
announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The Tiwi Islands Shire Council was created on 1 July 2008 as were the remaining ten shires.
The Tiwi Islands Shire Council became the Tiwi Islands Regional Council under legislation passed by the Northern Territory Government in January 2014.
Description and governance
The local government area covers an area of and had an estimated population of 2,753 in June 2018.
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Elections of Councillors were held on 26 August 2017. The current Mayor of the Tiwi Islands Region is Gawin Tipiloura.
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Wards
The Tiwi Islands Regional Council is divided into three wards, which is governed by 12 councillors:
* Bathurst (6)
* Milikapiti (3)
* Pirlangimpi (3)
Localities and communities
Land within the Tiwi Islands Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address
An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along w ...
for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities" with those localities associated with existing aboriginal communities being called "communities".
Localities
*Tiwi Islands
The Tiwi Islands ( tiw, Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island, Bathurst Island, and nine smaller uninhabited islands, wi ...
Communities
* Milikapiti
*Pirlangimpi
Pirlangimpi, formerly Garden Point, is a populated place on Melville Island (Australia), Melville Island in the Northern Territory, Australia.
History
Pirlangimpi lies from the site of the first British settlement in northern Australia, the sh ...
* Wurrumiyanga
Demographics
The demographics of the region are shown in the tables below.
Ancestry
Birthplace
Before 2016, all Tiwi Islanders who stated their country of birth were born in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Between 2011 and 2016, however, over ten arrivals each from the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, the United Kingdom
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and Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
arrived in the islands.
Language
Language spoken at home
Proficiency in English
Religion
Notes
References
External links
Tiwi Islands Regional Council websiteMap of LGAsPolicy details
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Tiwi Islands Local Government