Galiwin’ku

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Galiwin’ku is a remote Indigenous community on Elcho Island in Australia’s Northern Territory, known as one of the largest and most significant homelands of the Yolngu people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Galiwin’ku canonical 6
Liyagalawumirr 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous community ⓘ
town ⓘ
coastal yes ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 500 km east of Darwin (by air) ⓘ
drySeason approximately May to October ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yolngu people ⓘ
federalElectorate Lingiari ⓘ
governingBody East Arnhem Regional Council ⓘ
hasAirport Elcho Island Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Yolngu art ⓘ
Yolngu ceremonial law ⓘ
Yolngu dance ⓘ
Yolngu songlines ⓘ
hasFacility art centre ⓘ
churches ⓘ
health clinic ⓘ
school ⓘ
store ⓘ
island Elcho Island ⓘ
languageCommunity Yolngu Matha speakers ⓘ
localGovernmentArea East Arnhem Regional Council ⓘ
locatedIn Arnhem Land ⓘ
East Arnhem Region ⓘ
Elcho Island ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
partOf Yolngu homelands ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly Aboriginal ⓘ
primaryAccess air transport ⓘ
sea transport ⓘ
regionType remote community ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
significance major Yolngu cultural centre ⓘ
one of the largest Yolngu communities ⓘ
stateTerritory Northern Territory ⓘ
territoryElectorate Nhulunbuy ⓘ
timeZone Australian Central Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalOwners Yolngu clans ⓘ
UTCOffset +09:30 ⓘ
wetSeason approximately November to April ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yolngu people → haveNotableCommunity → Galiwin’ku ⓘ
Yolŋu languages → hasNotableLanguage → Liyagalawumirr ⓘ
linked to: Galiwin’ku
Elcho Island → hasMainSettlement → Galiwin’ku ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Elcho Island → hasCommunity → Galiwin’ku ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Elcho Island Airport → serves → Galiwin’ku ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Elcho Island → hasIndigenousCommunity → Galiwin’ku ⓘ
subject linked to: Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku)
Yolŋu Sign Language → usedInCommunity → Galiwin’ku ⓘ
subject linked to: Yolŋu sign language