Seat of government of the Commonwealth : ballots to determine opinion of the members of the House of Representatives as to the site of the seat of government
- Bib ID:
- 1721291
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives
- Description:
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- Melbourne : J. Kemp Govt. Printer, 1908
- 1 v. (unpaged) ; 21 cm.
- Summary:
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Original ballot papers of the 73 members of the House of Representatives showing the progress of the vote for the eleven nominated sites of Albury, Armidale, Bombala, Canberra, Dalgety, Lake George, Lyndhurst, Orange, Tooma, Tumut, Yass-Canberra. The final ballot voted against Dalgety (33) and for Yass-Canberra (39) with one abstention. Includes a folded leaf of published results showing how each member voted.
- Full contents:
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- Procedure on ballot [F.12331]
- Ballot to determine site of seat of government : [published results of 73 members]
- [Signed ballot papers of each member subdivided into nine ballots]
- Notes:
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- "Ballot-papers of the nine ballots by which the opinion of the members of the House of Representatives as to the site was determined at the sitting held on Thursday, 8th October, 1908.
- Cover title: Ballot papers used in the ballots on the site of the seat of government, 1908
- "F.12922"
- Library's copy in red morocco with text and borders in embossed gold. Pages are gilt edged.
- Subject:
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- Federal government -- Australia -- History -- Sources
- Australia -- Capital and capitol -- Location -- Sources
- Australia -- Capital and capitol -- History -- 1901-1914 -- Sources
- Canberra (A.C.T.) -- History -- 1901-1914 -- Sources
- Yass (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Albury (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Armidale (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Bombala (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Dalgety (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- George, Lake (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Lyndhurst (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Orange (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Tooma (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Tumut (N.S.W.) -- History -- Sources
- Australian
- Also Titled:
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- Ballots to determine opinion of the members of the House of Representatives as to the site of the seat of government
- Ballot papers used in the ballots on the site of the seat of government, 1908
- Ballot-papers of the nine ballots by which the opinion of the members of the House of Representatives as to the site was determined at the sitting held on Thursday, 8th October, 1908
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1958 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1908
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