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Tiwi Islands football grand final and art sale to go ahead in 2021 after COVID shutdowns
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Tiwi Islanders will be joined by tourists at the major cultural event if the day goes ahead as planned.
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The annual day when the outside world spills into Australia s remote Tiwi Islands for a local football grand final and art sale will return in 2021 a year on from when the coronavirus outbreak triggered a snap shutdown of the Tiwis.
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A cyclone in 2018 also caused the day to be postponed
The Tiwi Land Council says tourists are welcome and art centres are preparing for face-to-face sales