Roper Gulf Regional Council is a

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of the

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. The region covers an area of and had a population of 7,397 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 Roper-Gulf Shire was created on 1 July 2008 as were the remaining ten shires. On 1 January 2014, the Shire was renamed to Roper Gulf Regional Council. Elections for the Councillors in the Region were held on 25 October 2008. Most of the area of the Council was previously unincorporated, but it absorbed several small LGAs on incorporation: * Borroloola Community * Numbulwar Numburindi Community * Nyirranggulung Mardrulk Ngadberre Regional Council *

Yugul Mangi Community Yugul may refer to the following topics associated with Northern Territory, Australia: * Yugul people, an ethnic group * Yugul language, an extinct language * Yugul (band), a contemporary blues band See also

* Jugul {{Disambiguation Language ...

* Mataranka Community * Jilkminggan Community * Jodetluk Community

Wards

The Roper Gulf Regional Council is divided into 5 wards, which is governed by 13 Councillors across four wards: * Never Never Ward (3) * Numbulwar Numburindi Ward (2) * Nyirranggulung Ward (3) * South West Gulf Ward (3) * Yugul Mangi Ward (2)

Localities and communities

Land within the Roper Gulf 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

Arnold Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia U ...

* Birdum * Beswick Creek *

Borroloola Borroloola () is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River, about upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Location Borroloola lies on the traditional country of the Yanyuwa people, on the coastal plain ...

* Calvert * Daly Waters * Elsey *

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* Gulung Mardrulk *

Larrimah Larrimah is a remote town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia, approximately southeast of the territorial capital of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and southeast of the municipal seat of Katherine, Northern Territory, Kat ...

Limmen Limmen is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum, and is situated about 9 km southwest of Alkmaar. Before 2002 it was a separate municipality. History Limmen has been mentioned in various ...

Mcarthur McArthur may refer to: People * McArthur (surname) Geography * McArthur, Arkansas, an unincorporated town in Desha County * McArthur, California, in Shasta County * McArthur, Modoc County, California * McArthur, Ohio * McArthur Basin, a large int ...

* Nitmiluk * Numburindi *

Pellew Islands The Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands is situated in the south-west corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia. History They were named in 1802 by Matthew Flinders in honour of Sir Edward Pellew, a ...

Sturt Plateau The Sturt Plateau, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,I ...

* Mataranka * Wilton

Communities

* Barunga * Beswick * Bulman Weemol * Jilkminggan * Miniyerri *

Ngukurr Ngukurr ( , ), formerly Roper River Mission (1908−1968), is a remote Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal community on the banks of the Roper River in southern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. A number of different clans and language groups are ...

Numbulwar Numbulwar, formerly known as Rose River Mission, is a small, primarily Aboriginal community on the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia. The major language group of the community is Nunggubuyu and their language, Wubuy, ...

* Robinson River

References

External links

Roper Gulf Shire websiteMap of LGAsPolicy detailsMap of Roper Gulf Shire with ward and property divisionsMap of Roper Gulf Shire with ward area figures
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