Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands NT Australia Sister City

A strong interests held by Darwin City council in forming an affiliation of a sister city nature with a community council led to an approach from Lord Mayor Alec Fong Lim in 1989 to three community councils seeking interest. Milikapiti accepted the invitation.

Milikapiti and Darwin went ont o build a close relationship through mutual projects, including a week's parks training for Milikapiti staff in Darwin (successfully completed in September 1993), a Darwin delegation to Milikapiti in early 1994 with a further training project the same year and in October 1996 a visit by Alderman Dorothy Fox to the community to renew the friendship link with gifts presented on behalf of the Lord Mayor and Council.

The Sister City agreement resulting from the relationship was signed in Darwin on 5 July 1999 (National Sister Cities Day) by Darwin City Council Lord Mayor George Brown, Mr Allan mcGill, CEO and on behalf of Milikapiti, Mr Gibson Farmer, Council President 1999 and format visits and meetings have been held between the two Councils frequently since.

In July 2001 the Milikapiti Council was dissolved along with the Concils of Nguiu and Prilangimpi to form the new Tiwi Islands Local Government. The relationship continues under the new structure.