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Electoral District Of Normanby, Dundas And Follett
__NOTOC__ The Electoral district of Normanby, Dundas and Follett was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony on the continent of Australia at the time. From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house). The electoral district of Normanby, Dundas and Follett was based in the far south-west of Victoria, consisting of the counties of Normanby, Dundas and Follett, bordering South Australia and including the towns of Casterton, Coleraine and Cavendish. The area covered by Normanby, Dundas and Follett became part of the larger Western Province of the Legislative Council from 1856. Members One member initially, two from the expansion of the Council in 1853.Sweetman, p.108 See also * Parliaments of the Australian states and territori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Normanby
The County of Normanby in Victoria, is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by the Glenelg River in the west and the Eumeralla River in the east, by a line through Casterton and Hamilton in the north, and by Bass Strait (Portland Bay) to the south. Larger towns include Hamilton, Portland and Heywood. The county was proclaimed in 1853, but it was known earlier since the 1849 proclamation of Follett County and Dundas County referred to its boundaries.NSW Government Gazette for the Port Philip District, 1 January 1849 Parishes Parishes within the county: *Annya *Ardonachie *Audley *Balrook *Bessiebelle *Bolwarra *Bramburra *Branxholme *Byaduk *Byambynee *Cobboboonee *Condah *Croxton West *Curracurt *Dartmoor (part in the County of Follett) *Digby *Drik Drik *Drumborg *Dunmore *Eumeralla *Glenaulin *Glenelg (part in the County o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleraine, Victoria
Coleraine is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia on the Glenelg Highway, west of the state capital, Melbourne and north-west of Hamilton, Victoria, Hamilton in the Shire of Southern Grampians local government area. It was named after Coleraine, the town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. At the Census in Australia#2006, 2006 census, the urban area of Coleraine had a population of 991. History The area was first settled by Europeans in 1838 for pastoral grazing. The town was surveyed later on Bryan Creek, a tributary of the Wannon River. In April 1840 the Fighting Waterholes massacre of up to 60 Jardwadjali people of the Konongwootong Gundidj clan occurred near the current day Konongwootong reservoir. The Post Office opened on 16 November 1854. The Coleraine Magistrates' Court closed on 1 November 1981, not having been visited by a Magistrate since 1971. Today, Coleraine's primary industries are beef and wool. The town hosts an Agricultural Show in Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Electoral Districts Of Victorian Legislative Council
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being using in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Dundas And Follett
Dundas (called Dundas and Follett 1856–59) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ... from 1856 to 1976. It covered a region of western Victoria and consisted of the counties of Dundas and Follett. The district of Dundas and Follett was one of the initial districts created in the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. It was renamed Dundas from 1859 as a result of the Electoral Act (of December 1858) although it covered the same area as Dundas and Follett previously. Later its borders were re-arranged somewhat and included the sub-divisions of Harrow, Casterton, Hamilton, Branxholme, Penshurst and Mortlake. Members Election results References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council
The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Council: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1851–1853 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1853–1856 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856–1858 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1858–1860 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1860–1862 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1862–1864 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1864–1866 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1866–1868 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1870–1872 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1872–1874 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1874–1876 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1876–1878 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1878–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1880–1882 * Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliaments Of The Australian States And Territories
The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. All the parliaments are based on the Westminster system, and each is regulated by its own constitution. Queensland and the two territories have unicameral parliaments, with the single house being called Legislative Assembly. The other states have a bicameral parliament, with a lower house called the Legislative Assembly (New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia) or House of Assembly (South Australia and Tasmania), and an upper house called the Legislative Council. Unlike the Parliament of Australia Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia which prevents persons with dual citizenship to be in Parliament, In state Parliaments they have no laws preventing dual citizenship. Background Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing colonies, with parliaments which had come into e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Griffith (Australian Politician)
Charles James Griffith (August 1808 – 31 July 1863) was a politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the first Victorian Legislative Council, and later, the inaugural Victorian Legislative Assembly. Griffith was born in Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland, the fifth son of Richard Griffith, MP, and his second wife Mary Henrietta, ''née'' Burgh. Griffith was educated at the Trinity College, Dublin (M.A., 1832) and called to the Irish bar. He arrived in the Port Phillip District (later to become the colony of Victoria) in 1840. On 31 October 1851 Griffith was sworn-in as a nominated member of the Victorian Legislative Council, a position he held until resigning June 1852. He was replaced in the Council by John Riddell. Griffith was then elected to the Council as a member for Normanby, Dundas and Follett, on 1 June 1853, he resigned in April 1854, but was re-elected in June 1854 and held the seat until the unicameral Council was abolished in March 1856. Griffith was electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Frederick Palmer
Sir James Frederick Palmer (7 June 1803 – 23 April 1871) was a medical practitioner, Victorian pioneer, first President of the Victorian Legislative Council and Mayor of Melbourne This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a Local government in Australia, local government area of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Mayors (1842–1902) Lord mayors (1902–1980) The title of "Lord .... Early life Palmer was born in Great Torrington, Devonshire, England, the fourth son of the Rev. John Palmer (a nephew of Sir Joshua Reynolds), and his wife Jane, a daughter of William Johnson.Alan Gross,Palmer, Sir James Frederick (1803 - 1871), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 1974, pp 392-393. Retrieved 2014-06-25 He was trained in medicine, practised in London, and was surgeon at St Thomas's hospital. In 1824 he became a house surgeon at St George's Hospital (M.A.C.S., 1826). In 1835-37 he edited a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Province (Victoria)
Western Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria. Victoria was a colony in Australia when Western Province was created. From Federation in 1901, Victoria was a state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Western Province was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856. Western Province was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act, 1855, as : "Including the Counties of Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villiers, Normanby, Dundas, and Follett." In 1882, several new Provinces were created, including Nelson Province and Wellington Province, the numbers of members elected for Western Province was reduced to three from this time. Another redistribution in 1904 reduced the number of members to two. In 2006, the Western Province (along with all the other provinces in the Legislative Council) was abolished and replaced by regions. All of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavendish, Victoria
Cavendish is a township in the Shire of Southern Grampians in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, on the Wannon River. At the 2006 census, Cavendish and the surrounding area had a population of 454. The township was settled in the early 1850s, the Post Office opening on 1 April 1853. A railway line linking the town to Hamilton was opened on 2 November 1915 and closed on 1 July 1979.''The Horsham - Hamilton via Balmoral Railway'' Turton, Keith W. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin July 1968 pp. 153–171 The mobile library from Hamilton makes regular visits, and there is also a Men's Shed. The local pub, The Bunyip Hotel is situated on the banks of the Wannon River. The Bridge Cafe is also a small general store, with gas bottle exchange available, and clean and welcoming dine-in facilities. There is a walk (Settlers Walk) along the Wannon River, with views of waterbirds and other birds, as well as sheep, which, along with cattle, are a major local industry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casterton, Victoria
Casterton is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Glenelg Highway, 42 kilometres east of the South Australian border, in the Shire of Glenelg. The Glenelg River passes through the town. Casterton is named after the village of Casterton in south-east Cumbria in England. History Prior to white settlement, Aboriginal people of the Konongwootong Gundidj clan lived in the local area. The first white explorers to pass through the area were the expedition led by Major Thomas Mitchell in 1836 who spoke enthusiastically of the landscape's ''green hills, soft soils and flowery plains'', describing it as ideal for farming and settlement, naming it ''Australia Felix''.http://www.swvic.org/casterton/Casterton%20&%20Surrounding%20Districts%20History.doc The first white settlers in the area were the Henty brothers who had landed in Portland, Victoria in 1834 and who claimed 28,000 hectares between what are now the towns of Casterton and Coleraine. 'Warrock' Station, a sheep farmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas County, Victoria
The County of Dundas is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by the Glenelg River in the west and north, by a line from Casterton to Penshurst in the south, and by the eastern edge of the Grampians in the east. Larger towns include Hamilton, Casterton and Coleraine. The county was proclaimed in 1849. Parishes Parishes within the county: * Balmoral *Barnoolut *Beear *Beerik *Bepcha *Bil-Bil-Wyt *Billiminah *Bochara *Boreang East (part in the County of Borung) *Boreang West (part in the County of Borung) *Brimboal *Brim Brim *Brit Brit *Bruk Bruk *Bulart *Bullawin *Carapook *Carrak *Casterton (part in the County of Follett The County of Follett is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It comprises a strip in the far southwest of the state bounded by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
