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Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 1977–1980

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Source revisionAug 9, 2023

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This is a list of members of the Australian Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1980. Though there had been one previous Assembly, this Assembly was the first to have real power over affairs in the territory, as self-government was only granted in 1978.

[1] The member for Alice Springs, Rod Oliver, resigned from the Country Liberal Party on 21 August 1979, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1980, 1978, 1979—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Members, Northern and Territory is the immediate research focus.

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