Place Names Register Extract
Tiwi Islands
Extract date: 28/03/2025
| Name |
Tiwi Islands |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
22399 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-11° 30' S
(Decimal degrees -11.5153) |
|
Longitude:
130° 46' E
(Decimal degrees 130.78) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Tiwi Islands Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
The locality Tiwi Islands derives its name from the Aboriginal word used for the people of Bathurst and Melville Islands. It simply means "we people" being the plural form of the islanders' word for an island man (tini) and woman (tinga). |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 03/04/2007 |
|
Date of Registration |
| 04/04/2007 |
NTG 14 |
Notice of Naming |
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