Outback Areas Community Development Trust
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Outback Communities Authority South Australia |
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The extent of the unincorporated area in South Australia (shown in white)
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| Population | 4,350 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.006967/km2 (0.018045/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 624,339.0 km2 (241,058.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cecilia Woolford | ||||||||||||
| Council seat |
Port Augusta Andamooka |
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| Region |
Far North Eyre and Western |
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| State electorate(s) | Giles, Stuart, Flinders | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||
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The Outback Communities Authority (OCA) is a statutory authority in South Australia (SA) created under the Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009. It has been established to "manage the provision of public services and facilities to outback communities" which are widely dispersed across the unincorporated area which covers almost 60% of South Australia's land area. The authority has its seat at both Port Augusta which is located outside the unincorporated area and at Andamooka. The authority serves an area of 624,339 square kilometres (241,059 sq mi) which has a population of 3,750 of whom 639 are Indigenous Australians and includes several large pastoral leases and mining operations.
The authority's area of responsibility does not include Aboriginal reserves, the largest of which are Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in the northwest of SA and Maralinga Tjarutja in the west of SA.
The Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009 established the Outback Communities Authority as the legal successor to the Outback Areas Community Development Trust which had previously been established in 1978 under the Outback Areas Community Development Trust Act 1978.
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.
As of 2014, the authority provided services to the following communities: Andamooka, Beltana, Blinman, Border Village, Cockburn, Coorabie, Copley, Fowlers Bay, Glendambo, Innamincka, Iron Knob, Kingoonya, Leigh Creek, Lyndhurst, Marla, Mannahill, Marree, Oodnadatta, Parachilna, Penong, Pimba, William Creek, Woomera and Yunta.
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