By Ash Vines Having last visited Tiwi College seven years ago, I was amazed when I returned at the start of December to see the transformation of the old athletics track into the amazingly prolific garden that it is today. The scale and productivity of the garden project is not only now providing healthy produce for the College, but it has contributed to the wonderfully vibrant and happy College learning…
It was a big week for books in the Tiwi Islands near Darwin, where young people usually dream of AFL football rather than writing. Sixty children gathered in the 35-degree heat at Milikapiti School on Melville Island last Monday to celebrate No Way Yirrikipayi!, a book about a hungry crocodile they had written and illustrated with visiting author Alison Lester. Read Full Article in SMH
The Tiwi islands are isolated, tropical, cyclone-prone, thinly populated and almost completely Aboriginal. The islands are famous for game fishing and for producing footballers. In this remote outpost I found the good news story I was looking for. Read Full Article in Canberra Times
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Get the latest overview of the Tiwi College Project progress to 2017.
Jessica from Tiwi College takes us on a tour of the Hayden Reynolds garden.
Liz Ellis hosts Summer Allover on ABC local radio and catches up with Matthew Hayden to chat about the project. Listen now using Windows Media Player (or any podcast player): Listen to ABC podcast now or copy this link: http://www.abc.net.au/local/streams/asx/aao-3-2015-01-18.asx?date=20150118
Explore the Tiwi Project as of late 2014.
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