Milikapiti, Northern Territory

Milikapiti is a village on the northern coast of Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. At the 2006 census, Milikapiti had a population of 382.[1]

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 the 1941 as the Snake Bay government aboriginal settlement.[2]

In 1942, aborigines 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.[3]

In Popular Culture

The artist Cameron Hayes depicts his perspective on historical events involving Milikapiti in the 20th century, and more recently, in the exhibition entitled "Cameron Hayes, The Incomplete History Of Milikapiti" in Melbourne, Australia, 2012. [4]

Community Services and Facilities

Notes and references

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Milikapiti (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. http://site.jilamara.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=45
  3. 1944 Cowra POW bugle, NSW Migration Heritage Exhibition.
  4. Alcaston Gallery (2012), "Cameron Hayes, The Incomplete History Of Milikapiti", (exhibition catalog, PDF format)

Coordinates: 11°25′19″S 130°40′26″E / 11.422°S 130.674°E / -11.422; 130.674

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