STATUTORY RULES.
1959. No. 105.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
(ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1910-1959.*
WHEREAS by
section four c of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1959 it is provided, amongst other things, that
for the purposes of the election of the members of the Legislative Council for
the Territory referred to in paragraph (d)of sub-section (2.) of section four of that Act, the
Northern Territory of Australia shall be distributed into eight Electoral
Districts:
And whereas by section four CA of that Act it is provided, amongst other things,
that the boundaries of each Electoral District shall be as prescribed, after
report to the Minister by a Distribution Committee appointed under section four
CC of that Act.
And whereas the Distribution Committee so appointed
has forwarded to the Minister of State for Territories a report in accordance
with section four CH of that Act:
Now therefore I, the Governor-General in and over the
Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1959.
Dated this 18th day of December, 1959.
W. J. SLIM
Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
Minister of State for Territories.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS REGULATIONS.
Citation.
1. These
Regulations may be cited as the Northern Territory Electoral Districts
Regulations.
Definitions.
2. In these
Regulations—
"North Australia Railway" means the railway
between Darwin and Birdum;
"the town of Darwin" means the
land in the Territory described in the Schedule to the Darwin Lands Acquisition Act 1945.
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 23rd December, 1959.
10103/59.—PRICE 5D. 9/2.12.1959.
Boundaries
of Electoral Districts.
3. For the
purposes of the election of members of the Legislative Council referred to in
paragraph (d) of sub-section (2.) of section 4 of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1959—
(a)the eight
Electoral Districts referred to in section four C of that Act
shall be known as the Electoral District of Fannie Bay, the Electoral District
of Larrakeyah, the Electoral District of Port Darwin, the Electoral District of
Arnhem, the Electoral District of Elsey, the Electoral District of Barkly, the
Electoral District of Alice Springs and the Electoral District of Stuart,
respectively; and
(b)the boundaries
of each of those Electoral Districts are the boundaries respectively set out in
the Schedule to these Regulations in relation to that Electoral District.
THE SCHEDULE. Regulation 3.
BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.
Name of Electoral District. | Boundaries. |
Electoral
District of Fannie Bay | Commencing at the junction of Mindil Beach Road and
Gilruth Avenue; thence north-west by Mindil Beach Road and its prolongation
to high water mark; thence due west to low water mark; thence by that low
water mark, being the boundary of the town of Darwin, and by that boundary
northerly, north-westerly north-easterly and south-easterly through the
centre of Ludmilla Creek to its intersection with a western boundary of the
Bagot Aboriginal Reserve; thence southerly and generally easterly by that
boundary to the north-east corner of the town of Darwin; thence southerly to
the North Australia Railway line; thence generally south-westerly by the
North Australia Railway line to the southerly junction of that railway line
and the old Vestey spurline; thence by that spurline north-west to Gilruth
Avenue; thence south-westerly by Gilruth Avenue to the point of commencement.
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Electoral
District of Larrakeyah | Commencing at the junction of the North Australia
Railway line with the eastern boundary of the town of Darwin; thence by that
boundary southerly and by Sadgroves Creek to a
point at low water mark east of the railway station; thence west to the North
Australia Railway line; thence along that railway line northerly and
northwesterly to Daly Street Bridge; thence south-west by the centre of Daly
Street and its prolongation to low water mark; thence north-westerly,
northerly and generally northerly along low water mark to a point due west of
the intersection of Mindil Beach Road and its prolongation and high water
mark; thence east to that intersection; thence by that prolongation of Mindil
Beach Road and by Mindil Beach Road to Gilruth Avenue; thence northeasterly
by Gilruth Avenue to the old Vestey spurline; thence south-east by that
spurline to the North Australia Railway line; thence northerly and generally
north-easterly along that railway line to the point of commencement.
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Electoral
District of Port Darwin | Commencing at Daly Street Bridge; thence by the
North Australia Railway line south-easterly and southerly to the railway
station; thence due east to low water mark; thence southerly, westerly and
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THE SCHEDULE—continued.
Name of Electoral District. | Boundaries. |
Electoral District of Port Darwin— continued | north-westerly along that low
water mark and along the boundaries of all wharves, jetties, breakwaters and other
erections contiguous to, on, or extending over, that low water mark to the
south-west prolongation of the centre of Daly Street; thence northeasterly by
that prolongation and the centre of Daly Street to the point of commencement.
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Electoral District of Arnhem | Outer
boundaries— Commencing at the intersection
of parallel of latitude 10° 50" south and the 138th meridian of east
longitude; thence by that meridian south to a point due east of Port Roper;
thence due west to Port Roper; thence generally westerly by the centre of
Roper River to the south-west corner of Mission Lease 9 ; thence by the
boundaries of the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve by lines north and west to
the intersection of the boundaries of that Reserve with the eastern boundary
of Mainoru Station; thence north to the north-east
corner of that Station; thence west to the north-west corner of that Station;
thence south to the intersection of the western boundary of that Station with
the boundaries of that Reserve; thence west to the south-west corner of that
Reserve; thence north by the west boundary of that Reserve to a point due
east of the northeast corner of Goodparla Station;
thence west to that last-mentioned corner; thence west by the north boundary
of Pastoral Lease 365 and onwards to the northernmost northwest corner of
Pastoral Lease 168; thence due south for five miles; thence west by the north
boundaries of Pastoral Leases 168, 169, 360, 324 and 2509; thence south to a
north-east corner of Northern Territory Portion 210; thence west by the north
boundaries of that Portion and Pastoral Lease 562 and the production west of
those boundaries to the intersection with the 129th meridian of east
longitude; thence by that meridian north to parallel of latitude 10° 50"
south; thence east by that parallel to the point of commencement.
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Inner
boundaries— The boundaries of the Electoral District of Fannie Bay, the Electoral
District of Larrakeyah and the Electoral District
of Port Darwin, other than the boundaries between the Electoral District of
Fannie Bay and the Electoral District of Larrakeyah
and the boundaries between the Electoral District of Larrakeyah
and the Electoral District of Port Darwin.
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Electoral
District of Elsey | Commencing at a point on the
138th meridian of east longitude due east of Port Roper: thence south by the
meridian to the south-east corner of Pastoral Lease 2287; west by the south
boundary of that Pastoral Lease to the south-east corner of Pastoral Lease
2443; thence west, generally south-westerly and west by the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 2443 to its south-west corner;
thence west to the north-east corner of Pastoral Lease 183; thence west,
south, and again west by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 183 to the
east boundary of Pastoral Lease 514; thence south, west, and north by parts
of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 514 to a north-east corner of Pastoral
Lease 531; thence west and south by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease
531 to the north boundary of Pastoral Lease 420; thence west to the east
boundary of Pastoral Lease 415; thence south to the south-east corner of
Pastoral Lease 415; thence by a line west to a point 16,153 links east of the
south-west corner of Pastoral Lease 415; thence south, west, and again south
by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral
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THE SCHEDULE—continued.
Name of Electoral District. | Boundaries. |
Electoral District of Elsey—continued | Lease 524 to the south-east corner of Pastoral Lease 397;
thence west by the south boundary of Pastoral Lease 397 and its prolongation
to the 133rd meridian of east longitude; thence south by that 133rd meridian
to the twentieth parallel of south latitude; thence west by that parallel to
its intersection with the 129th meridian of east longitude; thence north by
that 129th meridian to a point due west of the north-west corner of Pastoral
Lease 562; thence east to that corner and again east by the north boundaries
of Pastoral Lease 562 and Northern Territory Portion 210 to a north-east
corner of that Portion; thence north to the north-west corner of Pastoral
Lease 2509; thence east by the north boundaries of Pastoral Leases 2509, 324,
360, 169 and 168; thence north five miles to a point due west of the
north-west corner of Pastoral Lease 365; thence due east to the north-east
corner of Pastoral Lease 365 and the production east to the Arnhem Land
Aboriginal Reserve boundary; thence by the boundary of that Reserve south,
east and north to the north-west corner of Mainoru
Station; thence again by that boundary east to the north-east corner of that
Station; thence again by that boundary south, east, and again south to the
south-west corner of Mission Lease 9; thence easterly by the centre of Roper
River to Port Roper; thence east to the point of commencement.
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Electoral District of Barkly | Commencing at a point on the
138th meridian of east longitude, being the south-east corner of Pastoral
Lease 2287; thence south by that meridian to the south-east corner of
Pastoral Lease 533; thence west, north and again west by southern, western
and southern boundaries of Pastoral Lease 533 to the eastern boundary of
Pastoral Lease 542; thence south to the south-east corner of Pastoral Lease
542; thence west, north, north-westerly and again west by parts of the
boundaries of Pastoral Lease 542 to the east boundary of Pastoral Lease 429;
thence south by that boundary to the southernmost south-east corner of
Pastoral Lease 429; thence west to the south-west corner of Pastoral Lease
429; thence north to the south-east corner of Pastoral Lease 430; thence west
and north by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 430 to the twentieth
parallel of south latitude; thence west by that parallel to its intersection
with the 133rd meridian of east longitude; thence north by that 133rd
meridian to a point due west of the south-west corner of Pastoral Lease 397;
thence east to the southeast corner of Pastoral Lease 397; thence north, east
and again north by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 524 to the south
boundary of Pastoral Lease 415; thence east to a south-east corner of
Pastoral Lease 415; thence north to the south-west corner of Pastoral Lease
468; thence east to a south-west corner of Shandon Downs Station; thence
north and east by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 531 to the west
boundary of Pastoral Lease 514; thence south, east and north by parts of the
boundaries of Pastoral Lease 514 to the south-west corner of Pastoral Lease
185; thence east and north and again east by parts of the boundaries of
Pastoral Lease 183 to the north-east corner of Pastoral Lease 183; thence
east to the south-west corner of Pastoral Lease 2443; thence east, generally
north-easterly and again east by the boundary of Pastoral Lease 2443 and the
south boundary of Pastoral Lease 2287 to the point of commencement.
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Electoral District of Alice Springs | Commencing at a point 4,000
links east and 4,000 links north from the centre of Alice Springs Water hole;
thence south on the local meridian for 58,000 links; thence by a line true
west to the meridian of Mount Gillen Trigonometrical Station; thence north by
that
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THE SCHEDULE—continued.
Name of Electoral District. | Boundaries. |
Electoral District of Alice
Springs— continued | meridian
to its intersection with a line true west of the commencing point; thence by
that last-mentioned line true east to the point of commencement.
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Electoral District of Stuart | Outer boundaries— Commencing at
a point on the 138th meridian of east longitude, being the south-east corner
of Pastoral Lease 533; thence south by that meridian to the twenty-sixth
parallel of south latitude; thence west by that parallel to its intersection
with the 129th meridian of east longitude; thence north by the 129th meridian
to the twentieth parallel of south latitude; thence east by that twentieth
parallel to its intersection with a western boundary of Pastoral Lease 430;
thence south and east by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 430 to its
south-east corner; thence south and east to the southernmost south-east
corner of Pastoral Lease 429; thence north to a south-west corner of Pastoral
Lease 542; thence by the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 542 east, south-easterly,
south and again east to the south-east corner of Pastoral Lease 542; thence
north to a south-west corner of Pastoral Lease 533; thence east, south and
again east by parts of the boundaries of Pastoral Lease 533 to the point of
commencement.
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Inner boundaries— The
boundaries of the Electoral District of Alice Springs.
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By
Authority: A. J. ARTHUR,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.