The West Arnhem Region is a local government area of the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

, Australia and is administered by the West Arnhem Regional Council. The region covers an area of and had a population of 6,902 in June 2018.

History

In October 2006 the

Northern Territory Government The Government of the Northern Territory of Australia, also referred to as the Northern Territory Government, is the Australian territorial democratic administrative authority of the Northern Territory. The Government of Northern Territory wa ...

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 West Arnhem Shire was created on 1 July 2008. Elections of Shire Councillors were held on 25 October 2008. As of 2017 the Mayor of the West Arnhem Shire was Matthew Ryan. On 1 January 2014, the Shire became the West Arnhem Region. The Region formerly consisted of unincorporated land, plus small areas under the control of Community Government Councils or incorporated communities: * Town of Jabiru * Maningrida Community * Gunbalanya Community * Minjilang Community * Warruwi Community

Wards

West Arnhem Regional Council is divided into four wards with three councillors each: * Gunbalanya (3) * Kakadu (3) * Maningrida (3) * Barrah (3)

Localities and communities

Land within the West Arnhem Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an

address An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along ...

for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities" with those localities associated with aboriginal communities being called "communities".

Localities

* Cobourg *

Jabiru The jabiru ( or ; ''Jabiru mycteria'') is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but has been reported as far north as Mississippi. ...

* Kakadu *

Van Diemen Gulf Van Diemen Gulf is a gulf in the Northern Territory of Australia. It connects to the Timor Sea in the north via Dundas Strait. Most of its area is also gazetted as a locality with the name Van Diemen Gulf. History The gulf was named after th ...

* West Arnhem

Communities

* Gunbalanya *

Minjilang Minjilang, formerly Mission Bay, is the Aboriginal community located on Croker Island, some east northeast of Northern Territory's capital of Darwin. It is the only settlement of any size on Croker Island, which lies a few kilometres off the ...

Maningrida Maningrida, also known as Manayingkarírra and Manawukan, is an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is east of Darwin, and north east of Jabiru. It is on the North Central ...

Warruwi Warruwi is a mostly Aboriginal community located on South Goulburn Island, off Arnhem Land, in the West Arnhem Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is north-east of Darwin and north-east of Jabiru. At the 2016 census, Warruwi ...

References

External links

West Arhnem Regional Council websiteMap of LGAsPolicy details
{{Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory Local government areas of the Northern Territory Arnhem Land