Regional Development Australia 2011 (September 2011)

\r\n\r\nRegional Development Australia (RDA) is an Australian Government initiative\r\nthat brings together all levels of government to enhance the growth and\r\ndevelopment of Australia-C/s regions. national network of RDA\r\ncommittees has been established to achieve this objective.\r\n\r\nRD Regions are created and maintained by the Regional Australia, Local\r\nGovernment, Arts and Sport to support this initiative.\r\n\r\n#### Notes\r\n\r\nThe RD Regions (2011) were built from the ABS LG 2011 boundary dataset.\r\n\r\nThe RDAA spatial dataA is updatedA as new LG boundaries as released by ABS\r\nor as RD regional boundaries move.AA\r\n\r\nOn the 16th of August 2011, the RDAA representation of Lord Howe Island,\r\npreviously RD Northern Rivers was changed to RD Mid North Coast.A The 2011\r\ndataset has been updated to reflect this change.\r\n\r\n#### NT, Tas and ACT\r\n\r\nThese states and territories are defined as single RD regions.\r\n\r\n#### SA\r\n\r\nRD regions are not completely defined with S LG boundaries, with some RDA\r\nregions being defined from the previously existing 2007 South Australia\r\nGovernment Region boundaries.A Thus, the large unincorporated S LG (Outback\r\nCommunities Authority) is divided between 3 RDAs (see [S Government\r\nRegions](http://www.planning.sa.gov.au/go/State-Government-Regions) for more\r\ninformation).\r\n\r\n#### NSW\r\n\r\nRD South Coast includes the external territory of Jervis Bay.A In previous\r\ndata releases, Lord Howe Island (part of the ABS Unincorporated NSW) was part\r\nofA RD Northern Rivers. On the 16 of August 2011, Lord Howe Island declared\r\nto be represented by Mid North Coast\r\n\r\nNorfolk Island IS NOT part of any RDA\r\n\r\n#### VIC\r\n\r\nUnincorporated VIC (Snow fields and Islands) have been combined into their\r\nsurrounding RDAs\r\n\r\n#### WA\r\n\r\nThe external territories of Christmas Island and Cocos/Keeling Islands are\r\npart of RD Mid West Gascoyne.\r\n\r\nThere was also an amalgamation between the City of Geraldton-Greenough and\r\nShire of Mullewa on the 1st of July 2011A to formA the City of Greater\r\nGeraldton.A The LG code for Geraldton-Greenough (53520) was retained for the\r\nnew City of Greater Geraldton.\r\n\r\n