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This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 to 1855. Sixteen members were elected at the 1851 election with terms expiring in 1854. The four official (i.e. holding offices – front bench) members and four non-official members were nominated by the Governor on behalf of the Crown. Voting was voluntary and ...
Malvern Standard; Marlborough & Dunolly Advertiser; Melbourne Advertiser (1 January 1838 – 1851) The Melbourne Express (5 February 2001 – 10 September 2001) Melbourne Punch; Melbourne Star (1934) Melton Express; Mercury (Fitzroy) Moorabbin News; Mornington Standard; mX (free afternoon commuter newspaper) Newsday (30 September 1969 – 3 May ...
Colonial elections were held in South Australia on 21 February 1851. Only 16 of the 24 seats in the unicameral Legislative Council were popularly elected but was the first occurrence of voting franchise in the colony. The 1855 election was the second and last of this type.
Australasian standard three pin plug, with part insulation on the Active/Line and Neutral pins. AS/NZS 3112 is the harmonised/joint Australian and New Zealand Standard for AC power plugs (male) and sockets (female). The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) "world plugs" website defines this design as Plug Type I'. The plug consists ...
After his appointment in 1849, Sheilds initially stated a preference for 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) [15] but in 1850 he persuaded the company, which in turn asked the NSW legislature, to change to the Irish standard gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). This decision was endorsed by the NSW Governor, and Colonial Secretary Earl Grey in London agreed in 1851.
From 1856 the commission was known generally known as the "Emigration Commission", after the British Government granted Australian colonies control of land sales within their territories. However, technically the full name remained in force until its abolition.
Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] granted representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. These colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments. 1 October: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, was founded. 1851: 1 July
By the 1880s half the Australian population lived in towns, making Australia more urbanised than the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. [30] Between 1870 and 1890 average income per person in Australia was more than 50 per cent higher than that of the United States, giving Australia one of the highest living standards in the world. [31]