Electoral district of Bulla and Dalhousie

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Bulla and Dalhousie
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Dalhousie Victoria.png
County of Dalhousie,
approx. location of district
State Victoria
Created1927
Abolished1945
DemographicRural

Bulla and Dalhousie (also referred to as Bulla-Dalhousie) was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 1927 with the merging of the previous districts of Bulla and Dalhousie, and was abolished in 1945, with most of the territory going into the new Mernda seat. It was a rural electorate on the outskirts of Melbourne, and at its abolition included Broadmeadows, Gisborne, Lancefield and Sunbury. [1] [2]

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Members for Bulla and Dalhousie

MemberPartyTerm
  Reg Pollard Labor 1927–1932
  Harry White United Australia 1932–1943
  Reginald James Country 1943–1944
  Leslie Webster Country 1944–1945

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THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF DALHOUSIE.

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

the south by the Dividing Range to the source of the River Coliban; and on the west by the last mentioned river to its junction with the River Campaspe, being the commencing point, excepting the country included in the electoral districts of the Kyneton Boroughs, Murray Boroughs, and Kilmore.

References

  1. "Re-Member Electorate Search". Parliament of Victoria . Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. "CP May Retain Mernda". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 October 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

See also

Coordinates: 37°10′S144°45′E / 37.167°S 144.750°E / -37.167; 144.750