Milikapiti, Northern Territory

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Milikapiti
Melville Island,  Northern Territory
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Milikapiti
Coordinates 11°25′19″S130°40′26″E / 11.422°S 130.674°E / -11.422; 130.674
Population414 (SAL 2021) [1] [2]
Postcode(s) 0822
LGA(s) Tiwi Islands Region
Territory electorate(s) Arafura
Federal division(s) Lingiari

Milikapiti is a village on the northern coast of Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. At the 2011 census, Milikapiti had a population of 447. [3]

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It is 105 kilometres (65 mi) by air from Darwin. Fly Tiwi airlines fly twice daily to and from Darwin servicing Milikapiti. The flight takes approximately 25 minutes.

The day-to-day management of the Milikapiti community is the responsibility of the Tiwi Islands Regional Council.

History

Milikapiti was founded in 1941 as the Snake Bay government aboriginal settlement. [4]

In 1942, aboriginals from Snake Bay captured Australia's first Japanese prisoner of war, Sergeant Hajime Toyoshima, who crash-landed on Melville Island after his plane was damaged while bombing Darwin. [5] The Snake Bay Patrol was also formed from local Indigenous Australians during World War II.

Community services and facilities

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Milikapiti (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Milikapiti (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Milikapiti (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 November 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "NSW Migration Heritage Centre – 1944 Cowra POW Bugle". Migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Milikapiti Community Library -- Milikapiti, NT". librarytechnology.org. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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