City of Darwin

This article is about a local government area in the Northern Territory. For the capital and metropolitan area, see Darwin, Northern Territory.

City of Darwin Northern Territory
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Population	81,670 (2013 est)
• Density	729/km2 (1,889/sq mi)
Established	1959
Area	112 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
Mayor	Katrina Fong Lim
Council seat	Darwin
Region	Metropolitan Darwin
Federal Division(s)	Solomon
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Website	City of Darwin
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The City of Darwin is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 square kilometres (43 sq mi) and, at the 2011 census, had an estimated population of 73,000 people.

History

The first Town and District Council was formed in 1874. The Darwin Town Council was created in 1915. From 1921 the five member Council had been elected on a ratepayer's franchise. In 1930 the Mayor and Councillors resigned in protest against the re-introduction of adult suffrage. A caretaker Council was appointed until 1937, when it was abolished at the Council's own request.

In 1955 a statement added to the Local Government Ordinance provided for the Constitution of the Municipality of Darwin. In 1957 the Council was increased to twelve members and a Mayor.

An annual election providing for the Mayor and half of the Council members to be retired at each election, was also introduced at this time. In 1959 an Ordinance provided that the Municipality of Darwin be constituted a city and named 'The City of Darwin'.

The first Lord Mayor of Darwin was Dr Ella Stack, who served as the Mayor of Darwin from May 1975 to November 1979, and Lord Mayor from November 1979 until May 1980.

Wards and councillors

The City of Darwin is divided into four wards, governed by 12 alderman across those wards, as well as one directly elected Lord Mayor. Aldermen from each ward are elected using a Single Transferable Vote (STV) proportional system.

Chan Ward (Nightcliff)	Lyons Ward (Darwin)	Richardson Ward (Casuarina)	Waters Ward (Anula/ Berrimah)
Bob Elix Robyn Knox Kate Worden	Jeanette Anictomatis Helen Galton Simon Niblock	Garry Lambert George Lambrinidis Rebecca Want de Rowe	Gary Haslett Robyn Lesley Allan Mitchell

Suburbs

Chan Ward (west)	Lyons Ward (south)	Richardson Ward (north)	Waters Ward (east)	Suburb Map
Coconut Grove Jingili Millner Moil Nightcliff Rapid Creek	Bayview Charles Darwin (part) Darwin East Point Eaton Fannie Bay Hidden Valley (part) Larrakeyah Ludmilla (with Bagot) Parap Stuart Park The Gardens The Narrows Winnellie Woolner	Alawa Brinkin Buffalo Creek Casuarina Holmes Leanyer Lee Point Lyons Muirhead Nakara Tiwi Wagaman Wanguri	Anula (with Northlakes) Berrimah (part) Coonawarra Karama Malak (with Sanderson) Marrara Wulagi	File:Map of the Wards and Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory.png

Most of the suburb of Charles Darwin (National Park) reaches outside of the Darwin City limits into unincorporated territory, as do large parts of Berrimah and Hidden Valley. The last two suburbs, Buffalo Creek and Holmes, were approved in 2007. They are still largely undeveloped, especially Buffalo Creek.

Sister Cities

The city of Darwin has six sister cities.

City	State	Country	Year
Kalymnos	South Aegean region	Greece	April 1982
Anchorage	Alaska	United States	July 1982
Ambon	Maluku	Indonesia	October 1988
Haikou	Hainan	China	September 1990
Milikapiti	Northern Territory	Australia	July 1999
Dili	Dili District	East Timor	September 2003

External links

• City of Darwin website