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- History of Victoria - Wikipedia
At the beginning of 1901, following a proclamation by Queen Victoria, Victoria ceased to be an independent colony and became a state in the Commonwealth of Australia
- Victorias early history, 1803-1851 - State Library of Victoria
Victoria 's first permanent European settlement is established at Portland Bay by pioneer Edward Henty on 19 November Up till then the area had been used by whalers as a base from which to carry out their activities
- Victoria - Aboriginal, Gold Rush, Colonization | Britannica
Aboriginal communities had been living in Victoria for at least 40,000 years before European contact They arrived from the north and settled along the southern coast and around large western rivers and freshwater lakes
- Formation of Australian Colonies States. 1788 - The Riverina State
1911 Federal Capital Territory established Renamed Australian Capital Territory in 1938 1915 Jervis Bay added to Federal Capital Territory 1927 Northern Territory divided into North Australia and Central Australia 1931 North Australia and Central Australia merge into the Northern Territory 1989 Jervis Bay becomes a separate Commonwealth
- Separation of NSW and Victoria - National Museum of Australia
It took the New South Wales Parliament another seven months to establish the Legislative Council for the new colony, which came into existence on 1 July 1851, a date celebrated with an annual holiday in Victoria until supplanted by Federation in 1901 and later by the celebration of Australia Day
- Government of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
In 1855 responsible government was established in Victoria with the Victoria Constitution Act 1855 (UK) The same year Victoria passed the the Chinese Immigration Act, the Australian colonies' first act restricting immigration
- Victoria – Australian Politics and Policy - CAUL
Two years later Victoria obtained a constitution that introduced a Westminster system of parliamentary government The new constitution was promulgated in Victoria in 1856 It provided for a Legislative Assembly that would be elected by men over the age of 21 regardless of property ownership
- History of Victoria explained
Before British colonisation of Australia, many Aboriginal peoples lived in the area now known as Victoria After the first Europeans settled there in October 1803, in September 1836 the area became part of the colony of New South Wales, known as the District of Port Phillip
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