Victoria Daly Regional Council Explained

Type:lga
Victoria Daly Regional Council
State:NT
Image Upright:0.81
Logo Upright:1.2
Coordinates:-14.467°N 132.267°W
Pop:3138
Pop Year:2018
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Established:2008
Area:153287
Mayor:Brian Pedwell
Seat:Katherine East (outside LGA)[2]
Region:Katherine Region
Stategov:Stuart
Fedgov:Lingiari
Url:http://www.victoriadaly.nt.gov.au/
Near-N:Unincorporated Top End Region
Near-Ne:Roper Gulf
Near-E:Roper Gulf
Near-Se:Barkly
Near-S:Central Desert
Near-Sw:Halls Creek
Near-W:Wyndham-East Kimberley
Near-Nw:West Daly

The Victoria Daly Regional Council is a local government area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The shire covers an area of and had a population of 3,138 in June 2018.[1]

History

In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The Victoria Daly Shire was created on 1 July 2008 as were the remaining ten shires. The first election for the Shire was held on 25 October 2008.

The Shire became the Victoria Daly Region on 1 January 2014.[3]

Most of the land now part of the Region used to be unincorporated, but several existing LGAs were merged into it:

On 1 July 2014, the boundaries on its west side were revised to create a new local government area called the West Daly Region which consisted of the following three wards from the Victoria Daly Region - Nganmarriyanga, Thamarrurr/Pindi Pindi and Tyemirri.[4]

A general election was held in September 2017. Councillor Brian Pedwell was elected Mayor of Victoria Daly Regional Council.

Wards

The Victoria Daly Regional Council is divided into 5 wards, which is governed by 5 councillors:

Localities and communities

Land within the Victoria Daly Shire was divided in 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property. Most bounded areas are called "localities" while those associated with aboriginal communities are called "communities".[5] [6]

Communities

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Localities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 . Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Contact council . Victoria Daly Regional Council . 25 March 2019.
  3. Web site: TOLLNER . DAVID WILLIAM . Local Government Act CHANGES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS AND COUNCILS . Northern Territory Government Gazette . Northern Territory Government . 26 April 2019 . 3 . 18 December 2013 . with effect from 1 January 2014:.
  4. Web site: Tollner . D.W. . Northern Territory of Australia Local Government Act Restructuring Order . Government Gazettes . Northern Territory Government . 25 March 2019 . 27 June 2014. 1–3.
  5. Web site: Northern Territory localities and suburbs . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 25 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180313030738/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/localities. 13 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Central Desert . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 25 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180313035719/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/localities/victoria-daly. 13 March 2018.