MacDonnell Shire
The MacDonnell Shire is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It was created on 1 July 2008 as part of the restructuring of the Territory's local government areas. It was created by merging over a dozen smaller community council areas and a large zone of unincorporated area. The most recent elections for the shire council were in March 2012. The current President of the MacDonnell Shire is Sid Anderson.
| MacDonnell Regional Council Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 6,029 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0224306/km2 (0.058095/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 268,784.20 km2 (103,778.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Sid Anderson | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Alice Springs (not part of council) | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Alice Springs Region | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira, Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
| Website | MacDonnell Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
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The shire has an area of over 268,784 square kilometres. It covers the south of the Territory, bordering with South Australia. Alice Springs and Yulara are enclaves within the shire (they are not part of it, but are surrounded by it).
There were about 7,142 people living there in 2009.[2]
Wards and towns
The MacDonnell Shire Council is divided into four wards. There are 12 council members. Below each ward is listed the towns that fall within those wards.[3] Population figures are as they were recorded on 30 June 2007.[4]
- Rodinga (4 councillors)
- Amoonguna (362)
- Aputula (Finke; 240)
- Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte; 652 in 2006)
- Titjikala (Tapatjatjaka; 265)
- Ljirapinta (3 councillors)
- Hermannsburg (Ntaria; 600)
- Wallace Rockhole (Ulana; 107)
- Luritja Pintubi (3 councillors)
- Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji; 165)
- Kintore (Walungurru; 350)
- Mount Liebig (Watijawanu; 252)
- Papunya (Warumpi; 342)
- Iyarrka (2 councillors)
- Kaltukatjara (Docker River; 311)
- Imanpa (217)
- Areyonga (Utju; 245)
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics. MacDonnell (R). 2016 Census QuickStats (27 June 2017). Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics. Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09 (30 March 2010). Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ↑ Our ShireMacdonnell Shire Council. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ↑ MacDonnell Shire. BushtelNorthern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
Coordinates: 24°S 133°E / 24°S 133°E
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