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Tiwi

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City of Darwin NT, GPO Box 84, Tiwi, NT 810
08 8930 0300

Description

Tiwi is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Tiwi is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The suburb is bounded by Trower Road, Henbury Avenue and a coastal strip, separating Casuarina Beach and Lee Point Beach. It is in the Local Government Area of City of Darwin. It is home to Dripstone Middle School.

History

The suburb was partly built before Cyclone Tracy struck in December 1974.

Tiwi is named after the Aboriginal people from the Tiwi Islands. The word means "people", and is the plural of the word for a man (tini) and woman (tinga).

Some argue that the origins of Tiwi date back to the days of the Larrakia People, and its inherent pertinence to the respective coolabah trees in the area.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +09:30

Area: 3.119 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 20 m

Population number: 2,562

Local Government Area: City of Darwin

Location

City of Darwin NT, GPO Box 84, Tiwi, NT 810

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Tiwi, Northern Territory