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Wurrumiyanga
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 (2016)
Ethnic groups Tiwi

Wurrumiyanga (/wʊrʊmiˈjɑːŋə/), formerly Nguiu (/ˈnjj/, 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.

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

Nguiu Post Office opened on 3 June 1974 as the first office on Bathurst Island.

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

Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) is the home of Tiwi Designs, 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.

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

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