Barkly Region


The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia. The region's main town is Tennant Creek. The region covers an area of and had a population of almost 7,400 as at June 2018.

History

In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government 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 of the Region is Steve Edgington.
In 2019, a proposal was made to build a 15,000-hectare solar farm in the region, which would become the world’s largest solar project.

Wards

The Barkly Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which is governed by a President and 12 councillors across four wards:
Land within the Barkly Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property. The bounded areas are called "localities" with those localities associated with aboriginal communities being called "communities".

Localities