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Milikapiti, Northern Territory

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History
Community services and facilities
Notes and references

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2012}}{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}Milikapiti is a village on the northern coast of Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. At the 2011 census, Milikapiti had a population of 447.^[1]

It is {{convert|105|km}} 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] The Snake Bay Patrol was also formed from local Indigenous Australians during World War II.

Community services and facilities

Store and Take Away
ATM facilities
Post Office facilities
School and Pre School
Recreation Hall
Basketball court
Football oval
Library
Centrelink agency
Women's Centre
Health Centre
Club (open 4.30pm - 7.30pm 4 days per week)
Public Garage
St Monica's Catholic Church
Museum
Jilamara Arts and Crafts

Notes and references

1. ^{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL722017|name=Milikapiti (L) (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=18 November 2016|quick=on}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://site.jilamara.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=45 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-07-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321115751/http://site.jilamara.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=45 |archivedate=21 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/objectsthroughtime/cowra-pow-bugle/|title=NSW Migration Heritage Centre - 1944 Cowra POW Bugle|website=Migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au|accessdate=27 January 2018}}

4 : Towns in the Northern Territory|Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory|Tiwi Islands|1941 establishments in Australia

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