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Tiwi College is located on Melville Island, which is part of a group of islands called Tiwi Islands, 70 km north of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Each year several girls from the senior classes are chosen to participate in the Create Initiative with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and an Australian publisher where they write, illustrate and publish a book in week.

Books by Tiwi College Alalinguwi Jarrakarlinga

Ngiya Yintanga Japarrika

From the creators of Japarrika and Japarrika Rises comes a new inspiring story of a young Tiwi woman’s journey to greatness.

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Japarrika Rises

From the creators of Japarrika comes a new inspiring story of a young Tiwi woman’s journey to greatness.

Penguin Random House will donate all profits from the sale of this book to Tiwi College and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

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Japarrika

A powerful story about finding the courage to believe in yourself, written by senior students of Tiwi College in collaboration with David Lawrence and Shelley Ware.

Penguin Random House will donate all profits from the sale of this book to Tiwi College and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

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