The Victoria Daly Regional Council is a

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in the

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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

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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 i ...

* Nauiyu Nambiyu Community * 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 The West Daly Regional Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of and had a population of 3,649 in June 2018, with over 90% identifying as Aboriginal. During the wet season between late ...

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

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for a property. Most bounded areas are called "localities" while those associated with aboriginal communities are called "communities".

Localities

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* Bradshaw * Buchanan * Burrundie * Claravale * Daly River * Delamere * Douglas-Daly (part) *

Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and vari ...

* 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 Nemarluk (1911? – August 1940) was a fierce Aboriginal warrior who lived around present-day Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. He fought strongly against both white and Japanese intruders who had come, unasked, into his people's trib ...

(part) * Pine Creek * Timber Creek *

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* Top Springs * Victoria River

Communities

* Daguragu *

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 ...

* Nauiyu * Pigeon Hole * Yarralin

Notes

References

External links

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