{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{refimprove|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Roper Gulf Regional Council | state = nt | image = Roper Gulf Shire.jpg | image_upright = 0.81 | pop = 7397 | pop_year = 2018 | pop_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> | area = 185210 | area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA/> | est = 2008 | seat = Katherine (<small>outside LGA</small>) | mayor = Tony Jack | region = Katherine Region | logo = Roper Gulf Regional Council.jpg | logo_upright = 1.2 | url = http://www.ropergulf.nt.gov.au/ | stategov = Arnhem, Barkly | fedgov = Lingiari | near-nw = West Arnhem | near-n = West Arnhem | near-ne = East Arnhem | near-e = Groote Archipelago Region | near-se = ''Burke (QLD)'' | near-s = Barkly | near-sw = Victoria Daly | near-w = Victoria Daly }}
'''Roper Gulf Regional Council''' is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The region covers an area of {{convert|185210|km2|sqmi|0}} and had a population of 7,397 in June 2018.<ref name=ABSLGA/>
==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 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.<ref name="NTGG-2013">{{cite web |last1=TOLLNER |first1=DAVID WILLIAM |title=Local Government Act CHANGES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS AND COUNCILS |url=https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/198854/G51_2013.pdf |website=Northern Territory Government Gazette |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=3 |date=18 December 2013 |quote=with effect from 1 January 2014:}}</ref>
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 * 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 address for a property. Most bounded areas are called "localities" while those associated with aboriginal communities are called "communities".<ref name="Localities">{{cite web |title=Northern Territory localities and suburbs |url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/localities |website=Place Names Committee |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="RoperGulf -localities">{{cite web |title=Roper Gulf Shire|url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/localities/roper-gulf|website=Place Names Committee |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=23 April 2019}}</ref> ===Localities=== *Arnold *Barunga *Birdum *Borroloola *Calvert *Daly Waters *Elsey *Flying Fox *Gulung Mardrulk *Larrimah *Limmen *Mcarthur *Nitmiluk *Numburindi *Pellew Islands *Sturt Plateau *Mataranka *Wilton
===Communities=== *Barunga *Beswick *Bulman Weemol *Jilkminggan *Miniyerri *Ngukurr *Numbulwar *Robinson River
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ropergulf.nt.gov.au/ Roper Gulf Shire website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070428152302/http://www.localgovernment.nt.gov.au/new/maps Map of LGAs] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070428152352/http://www.localgovernment.nt.gov.au/new/update_reform_brochure Policy details] *[http://www.localgovernment.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/103531/Roper_Gulf_Shire_Maps_-_A3.pdf Map of Roper Gulf Shire with ward and property divisions] *[http://www.ropergulf.net.au/attachments/article/60/Roper%20Gulf%20Shire%20Map.pdf Map of Roper Gulf Shire with ward area figures]{{dead link|date=April 2019}}
{{Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory}} {{Localities and communities of the Roper Gulf Region|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Local government areas of the Northern Territory Category:Katherine Region