The  Tiwi  islands  are  located  approximately  80km  northwest  of  Darwin,  Northern  Territory.  They  are  comprised  of  Bathurst  Island  and  Melville  island.  

 

 

 

There  are  two  communities  on  Bathurst  Island  namely,  Wurrumiyanga  (  approximately  1500  people  )  and  Wranku  (approximately  50  people  ).  

Melville  Island  has  2  communities,  namely  Pirlangimpi  (  500  people  )  and  Milikapiti  (  400  people  ).    

Tiwi  College  is  located  at  Pickertaramoor.  The  school  and  its  temporary  residents    now  comprise  the  

community  of  “Peaceful  Picka”.  

Tiwi  Islands  

 

The  Elders  of  the  Tiwi  Land  Council  wished  Tiwi  College  to  be  built  at  Pickertaramoor  as  it  was  quite  

central  to  the  3  main  communities  of  the  islands.  The  Tiwi  Land  Council  also  has  a  new  building  at  Pickertaramoor  where  full  meetings  are  held  “overlooking  the  future  of  the  Tiwi”  –  our  college.  

Thus  Tiwi  College  is  isolated  from  the  rest  of  the  communities  of  the  islands.  We  pick  students  up  each  week  –  no  easy  task  during  “the  wet”,  when  monsoon  troughs  deluge  the  islands  with  rain  and  turn  

some  of  our  dirt  roads  in  to  shallow  creeks!  However  we  have  the  advantage  of  having  our  students  on  site  and  thus  are  able  to  be  involved  in  a  24  hour  learning  environment,  uninterrupted  in  order  to  help  them  be  “work  ready”.  

 

 

 

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