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  2. GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONIES.

    In the development of government in what is now the Commonwealth of Australia there are certain strongly marked phases. In New South Wales there are three such phases to be noted ...

    Article : 3,025 words
  3. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

    The history of the administration of justice in what will henceforth be known as the "State of New South Wales" in the Australian Commonwealth cannot be viewed otherwise than with ...

    Article : 2,000 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    Until July 1, 1851, when the Stats of Victoria was separated from New South Wales, it was of course governed by the laws which were in force here, and when the Constitution was ...

    Article : 346 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN FAUNA AND FLORA.

    The fauna of Australia has always excited the keen interest of scientists, for its characteristics are so remarkable that they well repay study. "Australia stands alone. It possesses no [?]es or ...

    Article : 1,031 words
  6. THE MINING INDUSTRY.

    The discovery of gold in Australis gave a powerful incentive to the development of the country, and the mining industry has since been one of the principal factors in its permanent prosperity. When the first ...

    Article : 3,000 words
  7. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The immense territory which comprises the State of South Australia held its first Parliament in 1857 after the granting of responsible government, and here again the judicial system of New South Wales ...

    Article : 173 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    The State of Queensland, which once, like Victoriya, was within the boundaries of New South Wales, started upon its career as a separate colony in 1859, and as far as the administration of justice is ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    This vast State of the continent was the last to he released from its position as a Crown colony, as its present Constitution was asaented to in August, 1890. Justice is administered by a Supreme Court presided ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. TASMANIA.

    In October, 1855, a Constitution Act was granted to this State of the Commonwealth, the affairs of which [?]ad previously been administered by the mother colony of the group, and soon after ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    To Adelaide belongs the honour of being the oldest municipality in Australia. The first council was elected on October 31,1840. Before that date there were no municipal institutions in Australia. Two ...

    Article : 2,092 words
  12. THE LAND.

    Though the land systems of the several colonies are now most complex, the broad stages of dealing with the immense Crown estate of Australia present a rough likeness in all the colonies. First was the ...

    Article : 3,042 words
  13. FLORA.

    The Australian flora has special characteristics that give it a place of its own. The vegetation has well been described us being wanting in variation of form and colour, but we find in our flora much ...

    Article : 897 words
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