The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the

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, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is

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. The region covers an area of and had a population of almost 7,400 as at 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 Barkly Shire was created on 1 July 2008, as were the remaining ten shires. On 1 January 2014, it was renamed Barkly Region. The Barkly Region is administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The most recent elections of Councillors were held on 26 August 2017. The current President (Mayor) of the Region is

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. In 2019, a proposal was made to build a

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in the region, which would become the world’s largest

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project. In 2021, the region had the lowest rate of vaccination against

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Wards

The Barkly Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which is governed by a President and 12 councillors across four wards: * Alyawarr Ward (South) (4) * Patta Ward (West) (5) * Kuwarrangu (until 2016 Yapakurlangu) (Northeast) (2) * Alpururrulam Ward (Southeast) (1)

Localities and communities

Land within the Barkly Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an

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for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities", with those localities associated with Aboriginal communities being called "communities".

Localities

* Anmatjere (part) * Costello * Creswell * Davenport * Elliott * Newcastle Waters *

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* Pamayu * Ranken * Sandover (part) * Tablelands * Tanami East *

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Communities

* Ali Curung *

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Ampilatwatja Utopia is an Aboriginal Australian homeland area formed in November 1978 by the amalgamation of the former Utopia pastoral lease with a tract of unalienable land to its north. It covers an area of , transected by the Sandover River, and lies on ...

* Canteen Creek * Tara * Wutungurra

Outstations

Outstations, also known as homelands, are tiny remote settlements, often comprising an extended family. Outstations in Barkly include: * Mulga Bore, also known as Akaya, Akaye, Atartinga and Athathenga, a family outstation (longitude: 134.209, latitude: -22.451), which includes Mulga Bore School

Footnotes

References

External links

* {{coord, 19.80367, S, 135.5095, E, source:wikidata, display=title Barkly Shire