proclamation · 1897
Proclamation by Governor Thomas, Baron Brassey, countersigned by Chief Secretary A. J. Peacock, appointing Sunday 2 May 1897 a colony-wide Day of Humiliation and Prayer in Victoria for relief from the severe 1897 drought; given at Melbourne, 28 April 1897.
WHEREAS in consideration of the very serious calamities from which the colony is now suffering by reason of the …
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OfficialGovernor of Victoria
OfficialChief Secretary
SignatoryBrassey
SignatoryA. J. Peacock
EventDrought
LocationVictoria
LocationVictoria
LocationMelbourne
Proclamation DateSunday, the 2nd day of May proximo
Signing Datetwenty-eighth day of April
Victoria Government Gazette, No. 50, 28 April 1897.
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