Victoria Daly Regional Council |
| Category: | Organisation | |
| Date: | 1 July 2008 | |
| Sub Category: | Local Government |
| Place: | North-western |
| State/Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Subject Matter: | Local Government |
| URL: | http://www.victoriadaly.nt.gov.au/ | |
| Summary Information: | |
| The Victoria Daly Regional Council was established 1 July 2008 as part of the large scale amalgamation process of particularly community government councils in the Northern Territory. The existing community government councils were absorbed by eight new shire councils (Edgar, 247). The previous communities government councils of Daguragu, Pine Creek, Timber Creek, Nganmarriyanga, Thamarrurr, Walangeri Ngumpinku, Peppimenarti and Nauiyu Nambiyu were all amalgamated with the Victoria Daly Shire. |
| Detailed Information: | |
| The Victoria Daly Regional Council consists of 12 elected Councillors exercising local government functions over 168,277 square kilometres of land. It comprises eight communities to the north-west of the Katherine region in the Northern Territory. These communities include Timber Creek, Yarrlin, Pigeon Hole and Kalkarindji/Daguragu in the west, and Pine Creek, Daly River, Peppimenarti, Palumpa and Wadeye in the north.
The Shire is one of six partners involved in the Tanami Regional Partnership Agreement (RPA), which is intended to provide improved education, training and employment opportunities to the Warlpiri people of the Tanami Desert region. | |
