The Outback Areas Community Development Trust is a trust in South Australia which is operated under the Outback Areas Community Development Trust Act (1978). It has been established to act as a third tier of government for the purposes of receiving and administering funding for 36 remote communities, which are widely dispersed across a region covering almost 60 % of South Australia's land area. The council has its seat at Port Augusta, which is located outside the Outback area. The area has an area of 624339.0 km²[1] and a population of 3,750[2], 639 whom are Indigenous Australians, and several large pastoral leases and mining operations exist in its area of operation.
The trust's area of responsibility does not include Aboriginal reserves, the largest of which are Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in the northwest and Maralinga Tjarutja in the west of the area.
It currently consists of five members and two deputies.
The Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Bill of 2009 will replace the Outback Areas Community Development Trust with the Outback Communities Authority.[3]
The commmunities are listed by Proposed Unincorporated Area Districts [4] , with their population figures as of census 2006:
- Central North West Region
- East and North East Region
- Far North
- Flinders Ranges
- Gawlers Ranges and Far West
[edit] Surrounding LGAs
Because of its size, the OACDT is next to a large number of LGAs. It also completely surrounds the Municipal Council of Roxby Downs and the District Council of Coober Pedy. In South Australia, the OACDT borders from West to East:
In New South Wales it borders:
In Queensland:
In the Northern Territory:
In Western Australia:
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