Wurrumiyanga community has a population of 1600 people, including
around 350 school students. Wurrumiyanga has two schools – Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School (MCPS) and Xavier Catholic College. Together they form the Catholic Education Precinct.
Smaller Tiwi communities only cater for students to Year 8. At Wurrumiyanga, students can stay at school and receive a quality Catholic education from pre-school to Year 13.
Recent Posts
Keeping Culture Alive - Wurrumiyanga Women’s
This month Wurrumiyanga Women's Activity have been busy preparing for their bush trip. This week they are going for Pandanus and root collection for weaving mats and baskets. The group
Tiwi Women gaining vital knowledge
This month the amazing ladies from Wurrumiyanga CDP Womens activity were featured in a Charles Darwin Article " Students going 'bananas' over horticultural this August. Over the past 10 months
TITEB supporting Tiwi labourers
In May, the Tiwi Islands Training and Employment Board conducted for its CDP participants a White Card Training to assist community members with getting a necessary qualification to do construction