Bathurst Island - Melville Island Attractions
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Bathurst and Melville Islands are separated from the mainland by the Clarence and Dundas Straits. Between the two islands is the narrow Apsley Strait.
Melville Island is, after Tasmania, Australia's largest island. Both islands are Aboriginal territory and are inhabited by Tiwi tribes who had little contact with the mainland Aborigines until the end of the 19th C and have preserved their own distinctive culture and art. Tiwi means 'men'. The main center of these very progressive Aborigines is Nguiu (pop. 1200), at the southeastern tip of Bathurst Island.
Melville Island is, after Tasmania, Australia's largest island. Both islands are Aboriginal territory and are inhabited by Tiwi tribes who had little contact with the mainland Aborigines until the end of the 19th C and have preserved their own distinctive culture and art. Tiwi means 'men'. The main center of these very progressive Aborigines is Nguiu (pop. 1200), at the southeastern tip of Bathurst Island.
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