Pirlangimpi

Pirlangimpi is a populated place on Melville Island in the Northern Territory, Australia.[2]

Pirlangimpi (Garden Point)
Northern Territory
Tiwi Islands
Pirlangimpi (Garden Point)
Coordinates11°23′21.30″S 130°25′28.63″E
Elevation22 m (72 ft)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9.5)
Location3,257 km (2,024 mi) from Canberra[1]

Pirlangimpi lies two kilometres from the site of the first British settlement in northern Australia, the short-lived Fort Dundas. The present settlement, then called Garden Point, was established in 1937 as a police post, because of concerns about the activities of Japanese luggers.[3] In 1940 a mission was founded by the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart as a home for mixed-blood children, both local part-Japanese and those removed (stolen) from their families in other parts of the Northern Territory.[4] The Mission lease was not renewed in 1967 leading to the closure of the mission school in 1968 with the last of the children being returned to the mainland in 1969.[5]

Australian Rules football was introduced by Brother John Pye of the Catholic mission.[6] Three Norm Smith Medalists – Maurice Rioli, Michael Long and Cyril Rioli – were raised at the mission at Pirlangimpi.[7]

Marjorie Liddy, who grew up on the mission, provided an image that was widely used in Pope Benedict XVI's visit to World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney.[8]

The present community includes the Pularumpi primary school,[9] a police station, small supermarket, club, health facility and airstrip.[10] Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church is the base of the Melville Island parish.[11]

The population was 371 in 2016.[12]

Climate

Pirlangimpi has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with hot temperatures present year round. The wet reason typically runs from November through April and is very rainy.

Pirlangimpi (Garden Point)
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [13]
Climate data for Pirlangimpi Airport
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.4
(97.5)		 36.5
(97.7)		 36.7
(98.1)		 37.1
(98.8)		 35.8
(96.4)		 35.0
(95.0)		 35.1
(95.2)		 36.1
(97.0)		 38.3
(100.9)		 38.1
(100.6)		 38.6
(101.5)		 37.2
(99.0)		 38.6
(101.5)
Average high °C (°F) 32.1
(89.8)		 32.0
(89.6)		 32.4
(90.3)		 33.0
(91.4)		 32.8
(91.0)		 31.6
(88.9)		 31.6
(88.9)		 32.5
(90.5)		 33.7
(92.7)		 34.1
(93.4)		 34.0
(93.2)		 33.2
(91.8)		 32.8
(91.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 28.4
(83.1)		 28.3
(82.9)		 28.2
(82.8)		 28.1
(82.6)		 27.1
(80.8)		 25.3
(77.5)		 25.0
(77.0)		 25.8
(78.4)		 27.5
(81.5)		 28.6
(83.5)		 29.1
(84.4)		 29.0
(84.2)		 27.5
(81.6)
Average low °C (°F) 24.8
(76.6)		 24.6
(76.3)		 24.1
(75.4)		 23.2
(73.8)		 21.5
(70.7)		 19.0
(66.2)		 18.5
(65.3)		 19.1
(66.4)		 21.4
(70.5)		 23.1
(73.6)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.9
(76.8)		 22.4
(72.3)
Record low °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7)		 20.0
(68.0)		 18.0
(64.4)		 15.7
(60.3)		 14.0
(57.2)		 10.5
(50.9)		 11.6
(52.9)		 12.8
(55.0)		 15.9
(60.6)		 18.9
(66.0)		 17.6
(63.7)		 21.0
(69.8)		 10.5
(50.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 414.2
(16.31)		 374.8
(14.76)		 331.9
(13.07)		 192.0
(7.56)		 22.7
(0.89)		 0.9
(0.04)		 1.8
(0.07)		 3.2
(0.13)		 22.2
(0.87)		 79.0
(3.11)		 182.2
(7.17)		 361.2
(14.22)		 1,986.1
(78.2)
Average rainy days 20.9 20.0 21.3 13.4 3.9 0.6 0.8 1.0 3.1 8.1 14.8 19.0 126.9
Source: [14]

References
  1. "Great Circle Distance between Canberra and Pirlangimpi". Geoscience Australia. August 2020.
  2. "Name of Community PIRLANGIMPI (Garden Point)" (PDF). Department of Health (Northern Territory). Government of the Northern Territory. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. J. Pye, The Tiwi Islands, Kensington NSW, 1977, pp. 77–9.
  4. Garden Point, Melville Island 1940–1962; Thecla Brogan, ed, The Garden Point Mob, Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1990.
  5. Find & Connect Web Resource Project, The University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University. "Garden Point Mission – Organisation – Find & Connect – Northern Territory". www.findandconnect.gov.au. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. "Siren sounds for Tiwi Islands' 'father of football'". The Age. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. Paul Toohey (Journalist) (10 October 2015). "Tiwi Islands community Pirlangimpi has produced three Norm Smith Medallists". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. "Marjorie Liddy a Vatican VIP". The Australian. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  9. "Pularumpi School", Pularumpi School, retrieved 30 October 2016
  10. "Pirlangimpi" (PDF), RAHC Community Profile: Pirlangimpi, retrieved 20 November 2016
  11. "Melville Island parish", Melville Island Parish, retrieved 30 October 2016
  12. "2016 Census QuickStats: Pirlangimpi". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  13. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=014142&p_prim_element_index=0&p_comp_element_index=0&redraw=null&p_display_type=full_statistics_table&normals_years=1991-2020&tablesizebutt=normal
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