The MacDonnell Regional Council is a
local government area of the
Northern Territory
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Australia. The region covers an area of and had an estimated population of 6,863 people in June 2018.
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Geography
MacDonnell Regional Council occupies the south of the Northern Territory and is the only LGA that borders with South Australia
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, specifically with Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
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in the southwest and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area
A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music ( pastorale) that depic ...
in the southeast.
Alice Springs and Yulara
Yulara is a town in the southern region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It lies as an unincorporated enclave within MacDonnell Region. At the , Yulara had a permanent population of 1,099, in an area of . It is by road from World Heritag ...
are enclaves within the LGA.
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 MacDonnell Shire Council was created on 1 July 2008, as were the remaining ten shires. Elections of shire councillors were held on 25 October 2008.
Community Government Councils merged into the MacDonnell Shire, as did a large area of unincorporated area. The existing Community Government Councils and one regional council were:
* Amoonguna Community Incorporated
Amoonguna is a community in Rodinga Ward of the MacDonnell Region in the Northern Territory of Australia, southeast of Alice Springs.
The community features in the 2022 SBS Television
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Governance
The current President (Mayor) of the MacDonnell Regional Council is Roxanne Kenny.
Wards
The MacDonnell Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which are governed by 12 councillors:
* Rodinga (4)
* Ljirapinta (2)
* Luritja Pintubi (4)
* Iyarrka (3)
Towns by ward
The following towns fall within the four wards as follows:, with population figures as of 30 June 2007:
* Iyarrka
** Docker River
Kaltukatjara , also known as Docker River, is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is southwest of Alice Springs, west of the Stuart Highway, near the Western Australia and Northern Territory bord ...
(Kaltukatjara) (311)
** Imanpa
Imanpa is a community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is seven kilometres north of the Lasseter Highway, the main road running between the Stuart Highway and Uluru (Ayers Rock). Imanpa lies 160 kilometres east of Uluru and 200 kilomet ...
(217)
** Areyonga (Utju) (245)
* Ljirapinta
** Hermannsburg
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(Ntaria) (600)
** Wallace Rockhole (Ulana) (107)
* Luritja Pintubi
** Haasts Bluff
Haasts Bluff, also known as Ikuntji, is an Aboriginal Australian community in Central Australia, a region of the Northern Territory. The community is located in the MacDonnell Shire local government area, west of Alice Springs. At the 2006 ce ...
(Ikuntji) (165)
** Kintore (Walungurru) (350)
** Mount Liebig (Watijawanu) (252)
** Papunya
Papunya ( Pintupi-Luritja: ''Warumpi'') is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly northwest of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is known as an important centre for Contemporary Indigenous Australian art ...
(Warumpi) (342)
*Rodinga
** Amoonguna
Amoonguna is a community in Rodinga Ward of the MacDonnell Region in the Northern Territory of Australia, southeast of Alice Springs.
The community features in the 2022 SBS Television
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(362)
** Aputula
Aputula (formerly Finke until the 1980s) is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is south of Alice Springs and east of Kulgera roadhouse on the Stuart Highway, near the border with South Australi ...
(Finke) (240)
** Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) (652 in 2006)
** Titjikala (Tapatjatjaka) (265)
Outstations
There are a number of small family outstations within MacDonnell Regional Council. These include:
*Labrapuntja (population 11 in 2020
References
External links
Official websiteMap of LGAsPolicy details
{{Localities and communities of the MacDonnell Region, state=collapsed
Local government areas of the Northern Territory