Tiwi, Northern Territory
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| Tiwi Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Dripstone Middle School located in Tiwi | |||||||||||||||
  Tiwi | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°21′48″S 130°52′49″E / 12.36333°S 130.88028°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,562 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 826/km2 (2,140/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0810 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 14.4 km (9 mi) from Darwin City | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Darwin | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Casuarina | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Solomon | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
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.
It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[4]
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.
