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320:Wurrumiyanga
317:
288:Tiwi Islands
252:
244:
243:
235:Pop. density
222:Demographics
215:Wurrumiyanga
193:
165:Tiwi Islands
63:Tiwi Islands
36:
1676:South West
1426:20 February
1418:(2013), by
1386:20 February
1172:(Walkabout)
458:Before the
422:mission of
351:Tiwi people
336:4 Mile Camp
306:Description
298:along with
277: /
161:Archipelago
148: /
124:Coordinates
1819:Categories
1750:Marchinbar
1735:Cunningham
1621:Haul Round
1599:East Woody
1575:Milingimbi
1452:4 February
1346:4 February
1320:4 February
1295:4 February
1177:References
922:(≥ 1.0 mm)
332:outstation
227:Population
1671:Vanderlin
1626:Higginson
1614:Bickerton
1592:New Year
1570:Crocodile
1420:Tom Lewis
1111:Australia
1017:dew point
296:Australia
201:Territory
194:Australia
118:Timor Sea
109:Geography
1791:Category
1760:Raragala
1740:Drysdale
1703:Melville
1698:Bathurst
1604:Goulburn
1511:Archived
1380:CathNews
1356:cite web
1248:5 August
1089:Source:
1019:°C (°F)
1015:Average
915:(60.24)
910:(11.63)
860:(10.53)
855:(13.33)
846:Average
328:Wurakuwu
265:130°18′E
230:ca. 1640
136:130°18′E
114:Location
67:Melville
1803:Commons
1715:Warnawi
1708:Seagull
1651:Rimbija
1477:6 April
1264:"Nguiu"
1100:In film
1084:(70.4)
1079:(76.6)
1074:(75.2)
1069:(72.1)
1064:(67.8)
1059:(60.8)
1054:(60.8)
1049:(61.7)
1044:(67.1)
1039:(72.7)
1034:(76.1)
1029:(77.0)
1024:(77.2)
913:1,530.1
905:(4.99)
900:(2.65)
895:(0.39)
890:(0.06)
885:(0.02)
880:(0.26)
875:(1.23)
870:(5.24)
865:(9.71)
841:(46.8)
836:(71.4)
831:(68.4)
826:(62.8)
821:(54.7)
816:(50.4)
811:(49.6)
806:(46.8)
801:(53.6)
796:(61.7)
791:(68.0)
786:(71.4)
781:(71.2)
771:(72.8)
766:(78.3)
761:(77.0)
756:(74.5)
751:(70.0)
746:(65.1)
741:(64.4)
736:(65.8)
731:(70.0)
726:(74.5)
721:(77.2)
716:(78.3)
711:(78.4)
701:(89.4)
696:(90.9)
691:(92.1)
686:(91.6)
681:(90.1)
676:(88.2)
671:(86.4)
666:(86.2)
661:(88.9)
656:(90.3)
651:(89.4)
646:(89.1)
641:(89.2)
631:(98.4)
626:(97.7)
621:(97.3)
616:(97.7)
611:(98.4)
606:(94.8)
601:(92.8)
596:(93.9)
591:(95.7)
586:(95.5)
581:(94.1)
576:(94.5)
571:(95.9)
494:Climate
468:bombers
342:History
334:called
290:in the
262:11°35′S
249:Iwaidja
133:11°35′S
1772:Woodah
1755:Quail
1730:Bumaga
1725:Abbott
1720:Wessel
1666:Skull
1661:Centre
1636:Inglis
1631:Howard
1587:Croker
1565:Burney
1560:Bremer
1200:12 May
522:Month
504:Köppen
476:Darwin
452:cotton
404:Beagle
375:Arnhem
324:Darwin
1745:Elcho
1646:Peron
1641:Maria
1108:film
962:80.7
959:13.3
932:12.9
929:13.0
926:15.2
908:295.3
903:126.7
868:133.1
863:246.7
858:267.5
853:338.5
561:Year
488:Timor
387:Ambon
253:Nguyu
48:Nguyu
1693:Tiwi
1479:2024
1454:2020
1428:2021
1388:2021
1362:link
1348:2020
1322:2020
1297:2020
1250:2020
1202:2023
1082:21.3
1077:24.8
1072:24.0
1067:22.3
1062:19.9
1057:16.0
1052:16.0
1047:16.5
1042:19.5
1037:22.6
1032:24.5
1027:25.0
1022:25.1
971:(%)
956:8.0
953:5.3
950:1.3
947:0.2
944:0.1
941:0.7
938:2.7
935:8.0
898:67.2
893:10.0
873:31.2
834:21.9
829:20.2
824:17.1
819:12.6
814:10.2
799:12.0
794:16.5
789:20.0
784:21.9
779:21.8
769:22.7
764:25.7
759:25.0
754:23.6
749:21.1
744:18.4
739:18.0
734:18.8
729:21.1
724:23.6
719:25.1
714:25.7
709:25.8
699:31.9
694:32.7
689:33.4
684:33.1
679:32.3
674:31.2
669:30.2
664:30.1
659:31.6
654:32.4
649:31.9
644:31.7
639:31.8
629:36.9
624:36.5
619:36.3
614:36.5
609:36.9
604:34.9
599:33.8
594:34.4
589:35.4
584:35.3
579:34.5
574:34.7
569:35.5
558:Dec
555:Nov
552:Oct
549:Sep
546:Aug
543:Jul
540:Jun
537:May
534:Apr
531:Mar
528:Feb
525:Jan
480:code
462:, a
402:HMS
179:Area
1010:61
1007:72
1004:66
1001:59
998:54
995:46
992:47
989:49
986:54
983:64
980:72
977:76
974:75
888:1.4
883:0.4
878:6.7
839:8.2
809:9.8
804:8.2
407:in
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