Jawi people

[2] Jawi and Bardi people have historically shared the same kinship system, social organisation and law.

[3] Jawi traditional lands encompass Sunday Island (Ewenu) (= Iwany) in the King Sound and the wider archipelago.

[7] In 2005 and 2015 the Jawi and Bardi people obtained partial recognition of their collective native title claim.

[11] Sydney Hadley, a one-time pearler and reformed alcoholic who had spent long stints in gaol, set up a non-denominational Protestant mission on Iwanyi/Sunday Island in 1899.

[12] He was later accused of allowing traditional practices to continue and sexual misconduct, in that he allegedly was initiated into the Jawi tribe and took three Aboriginal wives.

In later years Philip spoke to with great admiration of the Jawi people’s extraordinary local knowledge and ability to swim, dive, fish and guide boats through the treacherous reefs around the island.