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Awi mamanta ( hello everyone ), welcome to Bima Wear

Featured Products

Designs / coming soon

Close-up of an orange and white Tiwi textile patterned fabric with geometric lines and shapes.

Capsule collection

Products / coming soon

Back in 1969 with the assistance of Sister Eucharia, we Tiwi women created our own clothing label Bima Wear - some of us still work here since we started fifty years ago.

Tiwi women proudly own and operate Bima Wear. We design, print and manufacture everyday, occasion and ceremonial wear that celebrates our distinct language and culture.

Bima Wear fabrics feature traditional symbols, structures, family and environmental representations that are central to Tiwi culture.

Our History

Older woman working on a yellow and black patterned fabric in sewing workshop, with another woman smiling in the background.

Bima Wear is extremely grateful to have received support, encouragement and financial assistance from NIAA, TITEB, Many Rivers and the Australian Government.

Logo of NIAA - National Indigenous Australians Agency
Australian Government Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support logo
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Australian Government logo, Department of Social Services
Logo for ManyRivers with stylized waves underneath the text on a black background.