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The Tiwi people are one of the many Indigenous groups of Australia. Nearly 2,000 Tiwi live in the Bathurst and Melville Islands, which make up the Tiwi Islands. The Tiwi Islanders are known for music, art and athletics. Notable Tiwi people include David Kantilla, Austin Wonaeamirri and Adam Kerinaua. The stolen generation saw many indigenous people brought to the Tiwi Islands but not of direct Tiwi descent. The Tiwi people live on the Melville and Bathurst islands with a population of around 2000 people. The geographical area of the Tiwi is around 3000 square miles, which remained uncolonized until the 20th century even though it was one of first places to have contact with Europeans. The Dutch landed on the Melville islands in 1705, but did not colonize it. Their isolation continues even now, where they have separate independent character political relationship with Australia. The location of the Tiwi people lies close to Darwin, being around 30 miles off. The geographical land is mainly flat, there are nine rivers that flow south to north.
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Total population | |
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2,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Australia (Northern Territory) | |
Languages | |
Tiwi | |
Related ethnic groups | |
see List of Indigenous Australian group names |