INDEX 369 



Parliament by Lord Stanley, L, 286 ; proclaimed, 263 ; its main provisions, 

 278 et seq. ; Port Phillip sends six members to Legislative Council, 1843, 

 258, 263 ; Australian Government Bill enacted, 297-299 ; introduced 1851, 

 299-300 ; and Victoria Electoral Districts Bill discussed in Sydney, 301 ; 

 ballot principle and reconsideration of northern boundary rejected, 301 ; 

 Lieut.-Qov. Latrobe proclaimed, 15th July, 1851, 302 ; members of 

 Executive Council sworn, 303; owing to gold discoveries no rush of 

 candidates, 338 ; the elected and official members for Melbourne and 

 other districts, 338-340 ; their first session llth Nov., 1851, to 6th Jan., 

 1852, 342 ; occupied with goldfields regulations, squatters' leases and 

 rights of pre-emption, 343 et seq. ; increase of members of the Council, 

 but its Constitution inchoate, 359 ; legislates for goldfields, ii., 19 ; invited 

 to frame a New Constitution, i., 359 ; Mr. Foster suggests two Chambers, 

 and introduces Bill, 360 ; its discussion, 361 ; qualification of members, 

 361 ; progress of the Bill through British Parliament, 362 ; its important 

 points summarised, 362, 363. 



Government, Responsible: New Constitution, 1855, i., 356; Two Houses 

 Legislative Council, Legislative Assembly, qualifications of members 

 and electors, 363; lauded by Gov. Hotham, 390; proclaimed, ii., 56; 

 Electoral Bill pushed forward, 61 ; resolution on ballot moved, 61 ; 

 carried, 62 ; Reform Association denounces Constitution, 63 ; first 

 Election, 63 ; members sworn, 69 ; Speaker chosen, 69 ; the Assembly 

 and the Governor's " command," 69 ; coercion of the Upper House, 70 ; 

 abolition of L.A. members' qualification, 74, 77 ; Manhood Suffrage, 77 ; 

 Bill for re-distribution and increase of members rejected by Upper House, 

 79 ; Bill re-introduced, passed, duration of Parliament shortened to three 

 years, 79 ; property qualification of electors reduced and franchise for 

 Upper House extended to the learned and professional classes, 80 ; Second 

 Parliament elected, 80 ; stormy passage of Land Bill, I860, 81-83 ; Legis- 

 lative Chambers invaded by the mob, Riot Act read, mounted police drive 

 crowd out of Parliament Yard, 83 ; Act passed to protect Parliament and 

 to prevent disorderly meetings, 84 ; Payment of Members, 87 ; conflict 

 between the two Houses, 91 ; era of Constitutional struggle, 1864-68, 113 

 et seq.; Tariff tacked to Appropriation Bill, and "laid aside" by the 

 Legislative Council, 123 ; payment of salaries delayed and Customs duties 

 collected in defiance of Supreme Court decisions, 124 ; resolutions passed 

 in Assembly not to entertain any other Appropriation Bill, 125 ; address 

 to the Queen adopted in Upper House, 125 ; their resolution to appeal to 

 Privy Council scouted by Lower House, 125 ; Government borrows, 

 Chamber of Commerce protests and 20,000 citizens petition the Queen for 

 maintenance of the Constitution, 126; Tariff Bill with new preamble 

 and retrospective clause rejected by Council, 126 ; Parliament pro- 

 rogued and Assembly dissolved, 127 ; Bill sent to Council, again rejected, 

 130 ; Constitution said to have failed, 130 ; Parliament prorogued and 

 summoned following day, Bill sent up again, news of Governor's recall, 

 conference between delegates of both Houses, Appropriation Bills, 1864 

 and 1865, passed, 133; interim administration by Gen. Carey, 135; 

 Manners-Sutton new Governor, 135 ; opens Parliament, Jan., 1867, 

 137 ; the " Darling Grant " tacked to Appropriation Bill, opposition in 

 both Houses, 140-142; another "deadlock," Ministry resigns, payments 

 made under Crown Remedies Act, resignation withdrawn, temporary 

 Supply Bill passed reluctantly by Council, 142 ; Parliament prorogued 

 10th Sept. to meet 18th, vote to Lady Darling passed, but rejected 

 by Council, 143 ; attitude of Duffy, 143, 151 ; interim payments made by 

 revised use of Crown Remedies Statute, 143, 144; demonstrations in 

 Melbourne against Council, 1867, 144 ; its attitude one of defence, 147 ; 

 qualification of its members and electorate reduced one-half, 1869, in- 

 creasing electors of the Upper House to 20,000 (grown to 30,000 when 

 further amending Act passed in 1881, and tenure of seats reduced to six 

 years), 148 ; Local Government Act, 1874, 173 ; Payment of Members, 



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