Bima Wear goes digital

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

Bima Wear celebrates 40th Anniversary 1969 – 2009

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 [...]

Bima Wear Computer Training April 2009

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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Link to video of our workshop

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

NITV visits Bima Wear Ladies

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CLICK HERE to see a video of Bima Wear as seen on NITV 26 Jan 2009img src=”http://bimawear.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/picture-007.jpg” alt=”NITV's Natalie Ah Mat at Bima Wear Tiwi Islands” title=”picture-007″ width=”468″ height=”351″ class=”size-full wp-image-194″ />
Natalie Ah Mat from National Indigenous TV News visited Bima Wear yesterday 25th January 2009.
Photo from left:Lucia, Marita, Natalie, Greta and [...]

We’re Live! Bima Wear Website Launched!

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

Bima return to Womadelaide 2009

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. [...]

Christmas cheer and Crystal

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Crystal arrived early to help prepare for our Xmas/end of year get together
CRYSTAL LOVE

Hawks visit Bima..

After a morning of Bima Hawthorn fans trying to meet their favourite players the Hawthorn Hawks boys visited the Bima Wear workshop this afternoon to meet the ‘Bima Wear ladies’.

Hawthorn AFL players visit Tiwi Islands

Hawthorn players visiting Bathurst Island today were met by many eager fans, including Bima Wear’s Dehlia Puautjimi and Greta Kerinaiua.