Repatriated Tiwi Islands artefacts

Repatriated Tiwi Islands artefacts

Client: Tiwi Land Council


In 2022, 250 Tiwi Islands artefacts were gifted back to the Tiwi Islands by John Morris who had bought the items during the 1960s and 70s while working on the islands.


The Tiwi Land Council saw the potential for digital twins to accurately document the artefacts; and to increase engagement and virtual access to the artefacts.

Rise worked with the Tiwi Land Council anthropologist to select artefacts to be digitally twinned;

- Black Cockatoo

- A Male

- A Wooden Stingray

- A Frilled Lizard

- Tunga - Bark Basket

- Crocodile.


Rise captured high resolution imagery of the precious artefacts in their in-house studio, and then used photogrammetry to create highly accurate digital replicas.


The digital John Morris Collection was then displayed on the Tiwi Land Council website home page and have attracted almost 7,000 views.

Rise undertook extensive research and testing to find a bathymetric USVs (unmanned service vehicle) that would be able to withstand the climatic extreme’s of the Territory and provide PWC with the most effective, efficient and accurate datasets. 


The success of Rise’s development is they now provide full waste water lagoon services, across the Territory, that include bathymetric sediment assessments, aerial monitoring of lagoon emptying and orthomosaic mapping of the empty lagoons for volume measurement.

Rise undertook extensive research and testing to find a bathymetric USVs (unmanned service vehicle) that would be able to withstand the climatic extreme’s of the Territory and provide PWC with the most effective, efficient and accurate datasets. 


The success of Rise’s development is they now provide full waste water lagoon services, across the Territory, that include bathymetric sediment assessments, aerial monitoring of lagoon emptying and orthomosaic mapping of the empty lagoons for volume measurement.

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