Coomalie Shire

The Coomalie Community Government Council is a local government area in Australia's Northern Territory, situated south of Darwin and Palmerston. The council governs an area of 2056 km2. The shire had a population of 1,276 at the.

History
Coomalie Community Government Council was established on 7 December 1990, and its first elections were held in 1997. On 1 July 2008, Coomalie Council became one of the 11 Shires in the territory, changed by the Northern Territory Government.

Wards
The council is divided up into three wards, which are governed by 6 councillors:
 * Batchelor Township Ward (2) (Batchelor)
 * Adelaide River Ward (2) (Adelaide River)
 * Coomalie Rural Ward (2) (Rural Areas surrounding Batchelor including Lake Bennett)

Townships
The Shire includes the following localities:


 * Adelaide River
 * Batchelor
 * Camp Creek
 * Collett Creek
 * Coomalie Creek
 * Darwin River Dam
 * Eva Valley
 * Finniss Valley
 * Lake Bennett
 * Rum Jungle
 * Stapleton
 * Tortilla Flats

The boundary of this area extends from the Manton Dam in the north, to the town of Adelaide River in the south and east from the Adelaide River, to the Litchfield National Park in the west.