Wurrumiyanga

Wurrumiyanga

Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia
Geography
Location	Timor Sea
Coordinates	11°45′32.76″S 130°38′4.92″E / 11.7591000°S 130.6347000°E / -11.7591000; 130.6347000
Archipelago	Tiwi Islands
Administration
Australia
Territory	Northern Territory
Demographics
Population	1563[1] (2016)
Ethnic groups	Tiwi

Wurrumiyanga (/wʊrʊmiˈjɑːŋə/), formerly Nguiu (/ˈnjuːjuː/, locally [ˈŋuju]), is a community on the southern coast of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia.

Nguiu was founded in 1911 as a Catholic mission by Francis Xavier Gsell.^[2]

In 2010 Nguiu was renamed Wurrumiyanga, meaning the place where the cycads grow, by the Tiwi Land Council.^[3]

Nguiu Post Office opened on 3 June 1974 as the first office on Bathurst Island.^[4]

There are two Catholic schools in the town; Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School, and Xavier Catholic College (Years 7-13).^[5]

Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) is the home of Tiwi Designs,^[6] an art corporation (involving some 100 indigenous artists) which produces fabric, carvings, ceramics, print and paintings and whose aim is to promote, preserve and enrich Tiwi culture.^[7]

It is also home of the ground where Australian rules football is played and Tiwi Islands Football League matches.

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