Coomalie Shire
| Coomalie Community Government Council Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of the Coomalie Community Government Council | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,276 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.6206/km2 (1.6074/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,056 km2 (793.8 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Sharon Beswick | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Batchelor | ||||||||||||||
| Region | outer Darwin | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Daly | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Coomalie Community Government Council | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining LGAs[3] | ||||||||||||||
The Coomalie Community Government Council is a local government area in Australia's Northern Territory, situated south of Darwin and Palmerston. The council governs an area of 2,056 km2 (794 sq mi). The shire had a population of 1,276 at the 2021 census.[1]
History
[edit]Coomalie Community Government Council was established on 7 December 1990, and its first elections were held in 1997. On 1 July 2008, Coomalie Council became one of the 11 Shires in the territory, changed by the Northern Territory Government.[4]
Wards
[edit]The council is divided up into three wards, which are governed by 6 councillors:
- Batchelor Township Ward (2) (Batchelor)
- Adelaide River Ward (2) (Adelaide River)
- Coomalie Rural Ward (2) (Rural Areas surrounding Batchelor including Lake Bennett)
Townships
[edit]The Shire includes the following localities:[5]
- Adelaide River
- Batchelor
- Camp Creek
- Collett Creek
- Coomalie Creek
- Darwin River Dam
- Eva Valley
- Finniss Valley
- Lake Bennett
- Rum Jungle
- Stapleton
- Tortilla Flats
The boundary of this area extends from the Manton Dam in the north, to the town of Adelaide River in the south and east from the Adelaide River, to the Litchfield National Park in the west.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "2021 Coomalie, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Coomalie Community Council Localities (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Knight, D.R. (30 June 2008). "Local Government Act 2008, TOP END COUNCILS" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. p. 7. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
...assign the name Coomalie Community Government Shire Council to the shire council for the Coomalie Shire...
- ^ "Coomalie Shire (localities)". Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
External links
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