January 26 |
Darwin constituted a city by Status of Darwin Ordinance 1959 Crown Lands Ordinance 1931-1959 is amended to impose a limit of 5000 sq. miles on holdings of pastoral leases (50-year leases) Northern Territory Housing Commission is established under Housing Ordinance |
April |
Northern Territory (Administration) Act is amended to make Northern Territory Legislative Council more representative and to give local members more control. House to number 17 of which 8 are to be elected (comes into operation 4 January 1960) |
April 29 |
Northern Territory Representation Act amended to give certain voting rights to NT representatives |
August |
Social service benefits are made available for Aboriginals on the same basis as other members of the community CSIRO establishes Coastal Plains research station at Middle Point Committee to enquire into prospects of agriculture in NT is established under the chairmanship of Professor H.C. Forster |
September 24 |
Consolidation and extension of Petermann, Haasts Bluff, and South West Aboriginal Reserves gazetted Report of Joint Committee on Constitutional Review released |
October 1 |
Commencement of Wards Employment Ordinance 1953 ' |
From Helen J. Wilson, The Northern Territory Chronicle, History Unit, Department of the Chief Minister,1982; second edition with Elizabeth Estbergs, Northern Territory University Planning Authority, 1984
See David Carment et al., Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography, 3 volumes, Charles Darwin University Press 1990, 1992, 1996
for well-researched biographies of notable Territory figures including Paul Everingham, Nicholas Paspaley, Wandjuk Djuakan Marika, Ella Stack, George Haritos, Jimmy Ah Toy and Ronald and Catherine Berndt
https://dcarment.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/ntdictionaryofbiography.pdf