Outback Areas Community Development Trust

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Outback Areas CDT
South Australia

Location in South Australia (red)
Population: 5,290 (2001 census)
Mayor: Bill McIntosh
Council Seat: Port Augusta
Region: Outback SA
State District: Giles, Stuart, Flinders
Federal Division: Grey
Website: http://www.oacdt.sa.gov.au/

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 over 80% of South Australia's land area. The area has a population of 5,290 (ABS 2001), nearly all of whom are Indigenous Australians, although several large pastoral leases exist in its area of operation.

The trust's area of responsibility does not include Aboriginal reserves.

It currently consists of five members and two deputies.

[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:

  • currently unincorporated areas, but after 2008 it will border MacDonnell Shire

In Western Australia:

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