Milikapiti, Northern Territory
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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.[2]
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.[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[4]
- 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
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