Posted on November 24, 2009 by bimawear
Xavier College students Mary Tipungwuti, Katherine Kantilla, Nilusia Kerinaiua, Dominica Timaepatua and Tamara Kerinaiua visit Bima Wear to show their fine sewing skills. Teacher Donna Tulloch has been teaching the students to sew as a part of their English Oral Literacy program. Bima Wear have invited the students to join us for work experience when [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2009 by bimawear
Bima women Noella, Rice, Lucia, Dehlia, Felicity and friends went hunting on Saturday at Arlutunga. All returned with a huge bag of mud mussels. Yum. When we arrived back at Nguiu each family was waiting with a well built fire and numbers ranging from three to twelve family members.
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by bimawear
Click here to view a press release from Warren Snowdon refering to a grant we recently received from AusIndustry. The grant will be used to enable our design processes to be more streamlined and easier to document. Thanks AusIndustry
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Posted on June 7, 2009 by bimawear
This year marks the 40th year since Bima Wear’s inception. From small beginnings in 1969 Bima Wear went from strength to strength eventually becoming the largest employer of Tiwi. Over the years Bima Wear has endured many set backs including the unauthorised take over of their major assets, including their own building, purpose built with [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2009 by bimawear
Backing Indigenous Ability – Computer Training with Michelle Williams and Paul Sutton
The ‘Bima Wear ladies’ have been participating in an introduction to computing course organised through ANKAAA. This training is provided to remote Communities under the Backing Indigenous Ability Program by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy.
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Posted on January 29, 2009 by bimawear
Below is another link to the Bima Wear workshop based on the Tiwi Islands, where we produce hand printed Tiwi fabrics. This footage is from 2008 and shows Josie Tipungwuti covering a statue for World Youth Day in Tiwi designed and printed fabric which was then shipped to Sydney for display at Randwick Racecourse.
http://www.abc.net.au/australiawide/stories/2008/200806/s2283147.htm
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Posted on January 26, 2009 by bimawear
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CLICK HERE to see a video of Bima Wear as seen on NITV 26 Jan 2009
Natalie Ah Mat from National Indigenous TV News visited Bima Wear yesterday 25th January 2009.
Photo from left:Lucia, Marita, Natalie, Greta and Noella.
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Posted on January 20, 2009 by bimawear
Hi all and welcome,
Today we launched our new e-Commerce website. You can now shop online for all your favourite Bima Wear products. CLICK HERE for www.bimawear.com Thanks to everyone involved. Hope to hear from you soon.
The Bima Wear Ladies
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Posted on January 18, 2009 by bimawear
Last February 2008 we travelled over six days by coach from Darwin to Adelaide to attend WOMADelaide as guest visual artists. We are due to return in March 2009 to follow up with a stall. We’ll have our trademark Tiwi fabrics, skirts, shirts and many other items. We look forward to seeing you all there again. [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2008 by bimawear
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Crystal arrived early to help prepare for our Xmas/end of year get together
CRYSTAL LOVE
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