Pirlangimpi

Pirlangimpi, or Garden Point, is one of two communities on Melville Island and comprises approximately 350 people.

Facilities include a primary school, a police station, a small supermarket, a creche, a clinic, a social club and an airport and the Munupi Art Centre. Freight barges come twice a week and there are regular flights to and from Darwin on Fly Tiwi, twice a day Monday to Friday and once a day Saturday and Sundays.

The Club is open four days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 4:30 to 7:30, light and mid strength beer only.

Pirlangimpi is the home of the famous Imalu Tigers AFL football club, competitors in the Tiwi Islands Football League, played during the Wet from October to March.

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Munupi Arts & Crafts Association is located along Melville Islands north-western coastline at Pirlangimpi (Garden Point) and is the most recently formed art centre on the Tiwi Islands. In 1990 the Yikikini Women’s Centre and Pirlangimpi Pottery were incorporated under the name Munupi Arts and Crafts Association giving local artists an opportunity to proudly celebrate Tiwi culture through both traditional and contemporary mediums.

Drawing inspiration from their natural lush environment and Tiwi creation stories, Munupi artists employ ochres, gouache and acrylic paint. Munupi Arts and Crafts are also highly regarded for the diversity of their range of works including painting, pottery, carving, weaving, screen prints, etchings, linocut prints, lithographs and screen printed textiles. Too see more amazing art check out their Instagram page!

Map of Pirlangimpi. Click here.