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proclamation · 1856

Proclamation of Major-General Edward Macarthur (Officer administering the Government of Victoria, advised by the Executive Council; countersigned by Chief Secretary William C. Haines), Melbourne, 6 Sep 1856: the complete schedule of PLACES OF NOMINATION and POLLING PLACES for every Victorian electoral district, fixing the machinery for the FIRST elections of the bicameral Parliament (Legislative Council + Assembly) under Victoria's new responsible-government Constitution. Covers Melbourne (St Paul's, St Patrick's, Eastern Hill, Royal Park, etc.), Collingwood, Richmond, Emerald Hill, Williamstown, Brighton, Geelong, Portland, Belfast, Warrnambool, Ballaarat, Sandhurst, Castlemaine, the goldfields and all rural counties through to Gipps Land and the Wimmera.

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OIT QUI MAL Y PEN M DIEUMETSAMON S DROIT.N SUPPLEMENT TO THE VICTORIA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1856. …

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Victoria Government Gazette, No. 110, 6 September 1856.

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