Electoral district of Avoca

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Avoca
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Avoca, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1859
Abolished1889
DemographicRural
Coordinates 37°05′S143°28′E / 37.083°S 143.467°E / -37.083; 143.467 Coordinates: 37°05′S143°28′E / 37.083°S 143.467°E / -37.083; 143.467

Avoca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly [1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in northern Victoria. It was defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as:

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Commencing at the source of the River Avoca in the Main Dividing Range ; thence northwards by that river and by a line bearing north to the River Murray ; thence by the River Murray to the River Loddon; thence south-wards by the River Loddon to McNeil's Creek; [a] thence by McNeil's Creek to the Main Dividing Range; and thence westerly by the Main Dividing Range to the commencing point aforesaid, including the parish of Tarnagulla. [2]

[a] McNeil's Creek now known as Bet Bet Creek. [3]

In April 1889, a new district, Talbot and Avoca, was created. [4]

Members

2 members [5]
Member 1TermMember 2Term
  George Samuel Evans Oct 1859 – Jul   1861  James Macpherson Grant Oct 1859 – Jul   1870
  Benjamin George Davies Aug 1861 – Feb 1880
  Peter Finn Oct 1870# – Jan 1871
 James Macpherson GrantApr 1871 – Apr 1885
  Thomas Langdon May 1880 – Mar 1889  George Enright Bourchier Jun 1885# – Mar 1889

   # = by-election

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ANGLESEY. Bounded on the west by part of the eastern boundary of the County of Dalhousie, namely, by the River Goulburn from the confluence of Hughes's Creek to the confluence of Dabyminga Creek; thence by Dabyminga Creek to its source in the Great Dividing Range; on the south by the Great Dividing Range to the main source of the River Goulburn; on the east by the range dividing the waters of the main source of the Goulburn and Big Rivers from those of the Rubicon and Snod-por-dock Creek northward to Mount Torbrick; thence by Jerusalem Creek to its confluence with the River Goulburn; thence by the River Goulburn to the confluence of the River Delatite; thence by the River Delatite and its north-west arm to the Dividing Range between the last named arm and Septimus Creek; and on the north by that range to the source of Hughes's Creek; and thence by Hughes's Creek to its confluence with the River Goulburn, excepting the country included in the Boroughs of Seymour and Avenel ... DALHOUSIE. Commencing at the junction of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban; thence by a line south-easterly to the source of the Mclvor or Patterson's Creek; thence by a line north-east to the confluence of Hughes's Creek with the River Goulburn; on the east by the River Goulburn until it joins the Dabyminga Creek, by that creek to its source in the Dividing Range; on

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Bet Bet Creek in west Victoria starts below Ben Major, Victoria at an elevation of 479m and ends at an elevation of 165m flowing into the Loddon River at the Laanecoorie Reservoir. The Bet Bet Creek drops around 314m over its 87.8 km length and ultimately contributes to the Murray River system. The six creeks flowing into the Bet Bet Creek are: Moina Creek, Doctors Creek, Caralulup Creek, Timor Creek, Carmanuel Creek and the Burnt Creek.

References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. "'VIC-1861-census_01 page xxxv". Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. "The Victorian Parliament". South Australian Register. Trove. Retrieved 18 April 2013.