proclamation · 1851
Lieutenant-Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe proclaims that he has taken the oath of office and assumed the government of the newly separated Colony of Victoria (effective 1 July 1851), and announces the ex-officio members of the colony's first Executive Council. Sworn before William Foster Stawell at Melbourne, 15 July 1851; countersigned W. Lonsdale.
WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously pleased, by a Commission under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great …
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Recorded in this notice
OfficialSir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy
Subject OfficialCharles Joseph La Trobe
OfficialWilliam Foster Stawell
Subject OfficialC. J. LA TROBE
SignatoryW. LONSDALE
OfficialLieutenant Governor
Ex Officio OfficeMembers of the Executive Council
Ex Officio OfficeCrown Prosecutor
Ex Officio OfficeSub-Treasurer or Treasurer
Ex Officio OfficeCollector of Customs
Victoria Government Gazette, No. 1-a, 9 July 1851.
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