proclamation · 1855
Proclamation by Lt-Governor Sir Charles Hotham (countersigned Colonial Secretary William C. Haines), Melbourne, 29 June 1855, declaring five Gold Fields Local Court Districts under the Act 18 Victoria No. 37 - Ballaarat, Avoca, the Ovens, Castlemaine and Sandhurst - with their boundaries defined. The Local Courts gave diggers a measure of self-government, a direct reform following the Eureka Stockade and the 1855 Goldfields Commission of Enquiry.
NI SOIT QUI・MA нол CM DIEU WENETSAMON S DROIT SUPPLEMENT TO THE VICTORIA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1855. …
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OfficialGovernor
OfficialVice- Admiral
OfficialExecutive Council
PlaceColony of Victoria
PlaceLake Boloke
PlaceRiver Hopkins
PlaceFiery Creek
PlaceGreat Dividing Range
PlaceMount Greenock Creek
PlaceDry Creek
PlaceTullaroop Creek
Victoria Government Gazette, No. 63, 30 June 1855.
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