Coomalie

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Coomalie Community Government Council
state = nt


imagesize= 150
caption = Location of the Commalie Government Council
pop = 1,643 cite web
publisher = lgant
title=Local government association of the Northern Territory
url = http://www.lgant.nt.gov.au/lgant/content/view/full/482
accessdate = 2007-04-17 ]
area = 1500
est = 1990
seat =
mayor = Wendy Leach
region = outer Darwin

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url = http://www.coomalie.nt.gov.au/
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fedgov = Solomon
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near-n = Litchfield
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near-se = The Coomalie Community Government Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Territory, situated south of Darwin and Palmerston. The council governs an area of 1,500km² and has a population of about 1,643.

History

Coomalie Community Government Council was established on December 7th, 1990 and its first elections were held in 1997. On July 1st, 2008, Coomalie Council became one of the 11 Shire councils in the territory, changed by the Northern Territory Government.

Wards

The council is divided up into six wards, which is governed by 9 councillors across the six wards:
* Batchelor Township Ward (3) (Batchelor)
* Adelaide River Township Ward (2) (Adelaide River)
* Batchelor Rural Ward (1)
* Adelaide River Rural Ward (1)
* Lake Bennett Ward (1) (Lake Bennett)
* Coomalie/Tortilla Ward (1)

Townships

The Council area includes the localities of
* Batchelor
* Adelaide River.

The boundary of this area extends from the Manton Dam in the north, to the town of Adelaide River in the south and east from the Adelaide River, to the Litchfield National Park in the west.

Meetings

Meetings are scheduled for the 3rd Tuesday of every month.

ee also

*Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory

References

External links

* [http://www.lgworks.net.au/council/Coomalie LGWORKS: Coomalie Community Government Council ]