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proclamation · 1856

Proclamation by Major-General Edward Macarthur (administering the Government of Victoria after Hotham's death), countersigned by Chief Secretary William C. Haines, abolishing the existing polling places and appointing new ones for the Electoral District of Villiers and Heytesbury (Western District) under the 1855 Act for electing the new Legislative Council and Assembly. New polling places: Caramut, Tower Hill Flat, Woodford, Yambuk, Rosebrook near Belfast (Port Fairy) and Warrnambool (Villiers division), plus one place for Heytesbury. Melbourne, 21 October 1856 — part of the run-up to Victoria's first responsible-government elections.

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NI SOIT QUI AM DIEU S ANDET MONDI DROIT SUPPLEMENT TO THE VICTORIA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1856. …

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Victoria Government Gazette, No. 136, 21 October 1856.