Gippsland Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1856 |
Abolished | 1859 |
Namesake | Gipps' Land |
Demographic | Rural |
Gippsland (or Gipps' Land) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. [1] From 1859, two new districts were created: South Gippsland and North Gippsland. [1]
The district of Gippsland was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. [2]
Its area was defined as: "Bounded on the South and East by the Sea ; on the North by a Line bearing West from Cape Howe to the Source of the nearest Tributary of the Murray, and by the Alps; and on the West by the Alps and the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral District of Alberton". [3]
Member | Term |
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John King | Nov 1856 – Sep 1857 [r] |
John Johnson [Knud Olai Boe] | Nov 1857 [b] – Aug 1859 |
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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
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