Physical description
Hard cover book,The Victorian Statutes Vol 1.
Author: Corporate Author Charles Joseph L A Trobe “The Colony of Victoria”
Publisher: John Ferres Government Printer Melbourne.
Date: 1852
Three quarter leather, patterned covers. Top section of leather on spine frayed, lettering in gilt. No Library labels. Pencil text to flyleaf unreadable.
Publication type
non-fiction
Inscriptions & markings
Title of Volume to Spine and Front Cover
Summary
This volume is a primary historical document recording the foundational legal acts, official proclamations, and government notices that established the administration of the newly independent Colony of Victoria. Volume 1, one of the earliest Victorian Statutes, contains the initial Acts passed by the newly formed Legislative Council of Victoria following its formal separation from New South Wales on 1 July 1851. The inclusion of Charles Joseph La Trobe, Victoria's first Lieutenant-Governor, appointed in July 1851, signifies that this volume records official proclamations establishing colonial courts, administrative divisions, civil service appointments, and public order measures.
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