Outback Communities Authority South Australia
The extent of the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia (shown in white)
Population	3,524 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	0.0056444/km2 (0.0146188/sq mi)
Established	2009
Area	624,339.0 km2 (241,058.6 sq mi)
Mayor	Cecilia Woolford[2]
Council seat	Port Augusta Andamooka
Region	Far North[3] Eyre and Western[4]
State electorate(s)	Giles,Stuart,Flinders[5][6][7]
Federal division(s)	Grey[8]
LGAs around Outback Communities Authority: SeeSurrounding LGAs

TheOutback Communities Authority (OCA) is astatutory authority inSouth Australia (SA) created under theOutback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009.^[9] It has been established to "manage the provision of public services and facilities to outback communities" which are widely dispersed across thePastoral Unincorporated Area which covers almost 60% of South Australia's land area.^[10] The authority has its seat at bothPort Augusta which is located outside the unincorporated area and atAndamooka. The authority serves an area of 624,339 square kilometres (241,059 square miles),^[11] slightly smaller thanFrance. The area has a population of 3,750, of whom 639 areIndigenous Australians, and includes several large pastoral leases and mining operations.^[12]

The authority's area of responsibility does not include AboriginalLocal Government Areas, the largest of which areAnangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in the northwest of SA andMaralinga Tjarutja in the west of SA.

Wangkangurru (also known asArabana/Wangkangurru, Wangganguru, Wanggangurru, Wongkangurru) is anAustralian Aboriginal language spoken on Wangkangurru country. It is closely related toArabana language ofSouth Australia. The Wangkangurru language region was traditionally in the South Australian-Queensland border region taking inBirdsville and extending south towardsInnamincka andLake Eyre, including the local government areas of theShire of Diamantina as well as the Outback Communities Authority of South Australia.^[13]

Yawarrawarrka (also known asYawarawarka,Yawarawarga,Yawarawarka,Jauraworka,Jawarawarka) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far Western Queensland. The traditional language region includes the local government area of theShire of Diamantina extending into the Outback Communities Authority ofSouth Australia towardsInnamincka.^[14]

TheOutback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009 established the Outback Communities Authority as the legal successor to theOutback Areas Community Development Trust^[9] which had previously been established in 1978 under theOutback Areas Community Development Trust Act 1978.^[15]

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.^[16]

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 andYunta.^[17]

Because of the size of thePastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia, the authority provides services in an area bounded by a large number oflocal government areas (LGAs), 29 in total, both in South Australia and in the adjoining jurisdictions ofNew South Wales, theNorthern Territory,Queensland andWestern Australia. Its service area also completely surrounds theMunicipal Council of Roxby Downs and theDistrict Council of Coober Pedy. The following LGAs, which border the unincorporated area, total 27 with 17 being in South Australia:

• Outback Communities Authority (OCA) Annual Report 2011–12(PDF). Government of South Australia. 2013. Retrieved11 October 2014.

• Outback Communities Authority
• map of communities

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• Populated places established in 2009
• 2009 establishments in Australia
• Outback Communities Authority
• Local government areas of South Australia
• Far North (South Australia)

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