Wurrumiyanga

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Wurrumiyanga /wʊrʊmiˈjɑːŋə/, formerly Nguiu /ˈnjuːjuː/ (originally [ˈŋuju]), is a community on the southern coast of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia.

Nguiu was founded in 1911 as a Catholic mission by Francis Xavier Gsell.[1]

In 2010 Nguiu was renamed Wurrumiyanga, meaning the place where the cycads grow, by the Tiwi Land Council.[2]

Nguiu Post Office opened on 3 June 1974 as the first office on Bathurst Island.[3]

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  1. ↑ F.X. Gsell, The Bishop with 150 Wives (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1956), ch. 3.
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