Victorian year-book, 1895-8 : containing a digest of the statistics of Victoria, with references to the statistics of the other Australasian colonies and other countries. Section I. Government and population / by James Jemison Fenton.

  • Fenton, James Jemison.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Victorian year-book, 1895-8 : containing a digest of the statistics of Victoria, with references to the statistics of the other Australasian colonies and other countries. Section I. Government and population / by James Jemison Fenton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    in Melbourne on the 20th January, and closed on the 16th March, 1898. At this Convention a Draft Bill to consti- tute the Commonwealth of Australia was framed and adopted for submission to a popular referendum of the various States represented. 1898. June 3rd.—Eeferendum submitted to the electors in Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania, and in South Australia on the following day, for the acceptance or rejection of the Draft Bill drawn up by the Convention. The Bill was accepted by large majorities in three of the colonies, and by a majority of 5,000 in New South Wales ; but as the statutory number of 80,000 affirmative votes required in New South Wales (viz., 80,000) was not reached (71,600 being recorded) the Bill was considered as rejected by that colony. 1899. January 28th.—Conference of the Premiers of all the Australian Colonies and Tasmania held in Melbourne, to consider the amend- ments suggested in the Draft Commonwealth Bill by the Parliament of New South Wales, at which a compromise was arrived at, subject, of course, to the approval of the various Parliaments.