The Victoria Daly Regional Council is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

in the Northern Territory of

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. The shire covers an area of and had a population of 3,138 in June 2018.

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

Daguragu Community __NOTOC__ Daguragu, previously also known as Wattie Creek by the Gurindji people, is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin and located about south-west of the municipal seat ...

Nauiyu Nambiyu Community Nauiyu Nambiyu is an Aboriginal community in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory, Australia. The settlement was originally founded in the 1950s as a Roman Catholic mission on Mulluk-Mulluk aboriginal land. It is located on the banks ...

* Timber Creek Community * Walangeri Ngumpinku Community * Pine Creek Community * Woolianna Community 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. 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: * Pine Creek (1) * Milngin (1) * Timber Creek (1) * Walangeri (1) * Daguragu (1)

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".

Localities

* Baines * Bradshaw *

Buchanan Buchanan may refer to: People * Buchanan (surname) Places Africa * Buchanan, Liberia, a large coastal town Antarctica * Buchanan Point, Laurie Island Australia * Buchanan, New South Wales * Buchanan, Northern Territory, a locality * Buchanan ...

* Burrundie * Claravale * Daly River * Delamere * Douglas-Daly (part) * Edith * Fleming * Gregory *

Gurindji Gurindji may refer to: * Gurindji, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia *Gurindji people, an Australian Aboriginal people **Gurindji language, the language of the Gurindji people **Gurindji Kriol language, the main language now spoken by Guri ...

(part) * Maranunga * Nemarluk (part) * Pine Creek * Timber Creek * Tipperary *

Top Springs Top Springs is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin at the junction of the Buchanan and Buntine highways. Top Springs consists of land around the intersection of th ...

* Victoria River

Communities

Daguragu __NOTOC__ Daguragu, previously also known as Wattie Creek by the Gurindji people, is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin and located about south-west of the municipal seat i ...

Kalkarindji Kalkaringi (formerly Wave Hill Welfare Settlement, also spelt Kalkarindji ) is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia, located on the Buntine Highway about south of the territory capital of Darwin and located about south o ...

* Nauiyu * Pigeon Hole *

Yarralin Yarralin, also known as Walangeri, is a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia. At the 2016 census, Yarralin had a population of 293. The community is located on the banks of the Wickham River, about west of Victo ...

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References

External links

Victoria Daly Region websiteMap of LGAsPolicy details
{{Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory Local government areas of the Northern Territory