Outback Communities Authority
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The Outback Communities Authority (OCA) is a
The authority's area of responsibility does not include Aboriginal
History
Wangkangurru (also known as Arabana/Wangkangurru, Wangganguru, Wanggangurru, Wongkangurru) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Wangkangurru country. It is closely related to Arabana language of South Australia. The Wangkangurru language region was traditionally in the South Australian-Queensland border region taking in Birdsville and extending south towards Innamincka and Lake Eyre, including the local government areas of the Shire of Diamantina as well as the Outback Communities Authority of South Australia.[13]
Outback Areas Community Development Trust
The Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009 established the Outback Communities Authority as the legal successor to the Outback Areas Community Development Trust[9] which had previously been established in 1978 under the Outback Areas Community Development Trust Act 1978.[15]
Organisational structure
The authority consists of a board of seven members of which four must be residents of client communities. The board oversees a small team of support staff led by a general manager. As of 2012, support staff consisted of six persons employed full-time with one additional person employed part-time.[16]
Client communities
As of 2014, the authority provided services to the following communities:
Surrounding LGAs
Because of the size of the
Citations and references
Citations
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Unincorporated SA". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "OCA members". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Far North SA Government Region" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Giles, 2014 State election boundaries". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Flinders, 2014 State election boundaries". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Stuart, 2014 State election boundaries". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009". Attorney-General's Department, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ OCA, 2013, page 3
- ^ http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Latestproducts/LGA19399Environment/Energy12002-2006?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=LGA19399&issue=2002-2006[permanent dead link]
- ^ Census 2006
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Wangkangurru". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yawarrawarrka". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Outback Areas Community Development Trust Act 1978" (PDF). Attorney-General's Department, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ OCA, 2013, pages 5-7
- ^ "Welcome to the Outback Communities Authority". Outback Communities Authority. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
References
- Outback Communities Authority (OCA) Annual Report 2011 - 12 (PDF). Government of South Australia. 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2014.