Beveridge Island (Victoria)

Beveridge Island
Beveridge Island; Victoria
	Beveridge Island
Coordinates	35°13′S143°34′E / 35.217°S 143.567°E Coordinates: 35°13′S143°34′E / 35.217°S 143.567°E
LGA(s)	Rural City of Swan Hill
	Lands administrative divisions around Beveridge Island:

Last updated October 02, 2019

Beveridge Island is an island in Victoria, Australia, within the locality of Tyntynder in the Rural City of Swan Hill.

Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state and its second-most populous state overall, making it the most densely populated state overall. Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south, New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea, to the east, and South Australia to the west.

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Tyntynder is a town in the south-east of the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. It has an Australian rules football team in the Central Murray Football League. Tyntynder post office opened on 4 May 1894, then it was renamed Nyah Post Office 1 November 1894, but closed on 8 August 1944. At the 2016 census, Tyntynder and the surrounding area had a population of 151.

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There are no road crossings to the island over the Murray from New South Wales, or from Victoria.

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Boundary dispute

In 1873, the year after the Privy Council determined that Pental Island was part of Victoria, New South Wales and Victoria agreed that Beveridge Island was also Victorian territory. This agreement was based on the conclusion of the states' respective Surveyors General that the northern branch of the Murray River was the main channel.^[1] In 1982, William Hazlett, a farmer^[2] who had been charged in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria with illegally taking water from the southern stream of the Murray River to irrigate Beveridge Island, unsuccessfully challenged this agreement in the High Court, arguing that the southern branch was the main one and the island was therefore in New South Wales. The High Court dismissed his appeal, confirming that the island was part of Victoria.^[3]

The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.

The Magistrates' Court of Victoria is the lowest court in the Victorian court system, with the County Court of Victoria and the Supreme Court of Victoria respectively judicially higher. The Magistrates' Court is a court of summary jurisdiction.

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References

↑ Carney, Gerard (10 April 2013). "The Story behind the Land Borders of the Australian States – A Legal and Historical Overview" (PDF). p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
↑ "Murray island is part of Victoria, High Court rules". The Age . 23 October 1982.
↑ Hazlett v Presnell [1982] HCA 58; (1982) 149 CLR 107.

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[1] Carney, Gerard (10 April 2013). "The Story behind the Land Borders of the Australian States – A Legal and Historical Overview" (PDF). p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[2] "Murray island is part of Victoria, High Court rules". The Age . 23 October 1982.

[3] Hazlett v Presnell [1982] HCA 58; (1982) 149 CLR 107.

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