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Barkly Shire Council |
| Category: | Organisation | |
| Date: | 1 July 2008 | |
| Sub Category: | Local Government |
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| State/Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
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| Subject Matter: | Local Government |
| URL: | http://www.barkly.nt.gov.au/ | |
| Summary Information: | |
| The Barkly Shire Council was established 1st July 2008 as part of the large scale amalgamation process of particular community government councils in the Northern Territory. The existing community government councils were absorbed by eight new shire councils (Edgar, 247). As a result, the councils in Tennant Creek, Elliott District, Aherrenge, Ali Curung, and Alpurrurulam were all absorbed by the Barkly Shire (Shire website). |
| Detailed Information: | |
| The Shire has 12 elected Councillors with responsibility for exercising local government functions over 323,514km2; which is the second largested local government area in the world. It has a resident population of 8,137, with 70% being Indigenous Australians (Shire website). | |
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