Office hours
Mon-Fri-9.00am-4.45pm
Sat-9.00am-12.00pm
These hours are for the
Supermarket trading.
In Total to date since 1988 this store has contributed $6,500,000.00 back into this community including businesses such as various councils, clinic's, school’s,sporting projects,houses and the swimming pool. This equates to $250000.00 per year for the last 26 years
Our Contributions to the community
The Murrinhpatha Nimmipa Store has contributed to multiple projects within the Wadeye Community. Some of these included construction of houses dating from 1988 to 1994. The store averaged the building of 2 houses per calendar year. All constructions were contracted to Kardu Numida Inc. Store funded housing ended with 2 x duplexes at an average cost of $300,000.00 per duplex. A total of approx $3.6 million dollars was spent on housing in this period. Whilst this construction project was in place we the committee agreed that the old supermarket needed to be completely upgraded. The new supermarket would take place beside the old which is now what you see as the furniture and electrical's shop. This store would include larger fridges and freezers, a clothing & variety shop and more warehouse space. Completely self funded, the construction was completed sometime late in 1990 at an approx cost of $500,000.00 in total. Since this upgrade a further $750,000 of the store funds was spent extending the store to the size it now stands. A federal government fund of $750,000.00 was also granted to pay the balance of these costs. 5 months later all fridges and freezers in the warehouse needed replacing due to deterioration so a further $225,000 was spent to replace those. Enter the modern age, new cash registers and stock managing programs were installed at another great cost $125,000.00 in total with an average update every 10 years at an average cost of $52000.00 due to the Federal Government's income management scheme. Whilst all this construction was in place we had to remember the people of the Wadeye community. Donations for Funerals, charters, airfares to southern states for patients and their escort, Food baskets, Station vehicles, School projects, Health clinic machinery and baby programs, Church expenses & various sporting projects were also greatly funded by the store. Even the now defunct social club received funding when it was in operation.
“ Remember the people of the Wadeye Community”
Various donations were made in 1999 to many community projects. Over $217,164.00 was paid out with the largest contribution $200,000.00 towards the Swimming Pool project.One of our (Wadeye) NT Police officers and his family lost all their belongings in a house fire and a donation of $5000.00 was given to help recover some of their loss.
2001 $22,853.00 was paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths along with hundreds of food vouchers to community families.This was also the year the store funded 4 men from Wadeye to perform a cultural exchange in Japan at a cost of $17,000.00
2003 2 x installments to the Swimming Pool Project were paid to Kardu Numida Inc to the sum of $500,000.00. Other contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, hundreds of food vouchers to community families, school sports programs and Church members travelling to southern states.
2004 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families
Other community contributions -
April 2004 Swimming pool shade deposit $30230.00
August 2004 OLSH School Senior Girls Trip $12000.00
October 2004 Swimming Pool Shade Balance $30230.00
2005
Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families.
Other community contributions -
January 2005 OLSH Donation to Earthquake Victims $ 5000.00
April 2005 Kuy Outstation vehicle (first) $26000.00
May 2005 Swimming Pool Shade adjustments $12910.00
October 2005 Correctional Services Bad Boy Program $ 6000.00
2006 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families. A large sum of these donations contributed to charters for various families flying to and from Darwin.
2007 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families. A large sum of these donations contributed to charters for various families flying to and from Darwin. Also included was a vehicle donation to a NT Police Aid officer working with the Wadeye Police total cost of $15000.00
“ family charters are a huge cost to the store for funerals”
2008 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families. A large sum of these donations contributed to charters for various families flying to and from Darwin.
Also included was a vehicle donation to the Kuy Outstation (second) $17990.00
Mark Crocombe - costs incurred for repairs to community T.V Transmitters $5000.00
Murinbata Tribal Dev - Troop Carrier $18000.00
2009 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families. A large sum of these donations contributed to charters for various families flying to and from Darwin.
Thathangathay Foundation Inc. - Role Modelling Program $20000.00
2010 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families. A large sum of these donations contributed to charters for various families flying to and from Darwin.
Donation for Boniface Perdjert to travel to Rome + Accommodation $10,820.00
Thathangathay Foundation Inc. - Role Modelling Program $30,000.00
O.L.S.H Church - Headstones for Father Docherty & Father Leary $10,000.00
Thamarrur Development Co-Op Community Festiva $5000.00
2011 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families.
Mission Beach Outstation 4WD Vehicle $25,000.00
Kuy Outstation vehicle (third & final) $18,000.00
Kolumboort Family Outstation 4WD $10,000.00
Batchelor Institute Of Indigenous Tertiary Book
"Wadeye It's People And Their Country" $20,000.00
Kinthari Family - Vehicle to aid in the care of their disabled grandchild. $6,500.00
Thamarrurr Development Co-Op Wadeye Festival $5,000.00
Thamarrurr Dev Co-Op - Wadeye Magic Sponsorship $75,000.00
2012 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families. A large sum of these donations contributed to charters for various families flying to and from Darwin.
O.L.S.H Church Elders travelling to Melbourne with Father Leo $ 10,000.00
Thamarrurr Dev Co-Op - Wadeye Magic Sponsorship $25,000.00
2013 Many contributions were paid out towards funeral costs broken down to airfares to and from various parts of Australia for family members, coffins being flown out to the community, burial costs, headstones and even wreaths, food vouchers to community families.
NT Hockey Assoc Kimberly Tchimjiri U.13 $ 2300.00
Thathangathay Foundation Inc. - Role Modelling Program $50,000.00
“People come and go within the community, but the questions are always the same.
Why is the store so expensive?
Apart from freight costs, power and water costs, stock purchasing, wages, rent, theft, destruction from breaking & entering and construction of building extensions - now you can see that we also give a lot back to the community in aid. It is the corporations Directors decision to have the store prices slightly higher than average to help with these donations.
To reduce our costs would stop all contributions to food baskets, donations, funerals costs, patient escort travel costs, community projects and sponsorship's.
We do not receive any form of Government subsidies for freight, stock or even power & water. Only 1 grant was applied and given, this was for the store upgrade stage 2.
Without Murinbata Tribal Development and the Murrinhpatha Nimmipa Store, "none of this would have been possible”
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