commonwealth australia constitution act (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 12mo. original stapled printed sheets (a little rubbed & marked, longtiudinal crease where folded); pp. 32 (last blank). This copy had been folded and mailed, with the recipient's address (Mr G. J. Langridge, Auctioneer, Queen Street, Melbourne), 'Treasurer of Victoria Frank Stamp', and postal cancel to rear cover. A very good copy. An interesting piece of Australian historical ephemera, a copy of the first draft bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia, put to the vote in Victoria in 1898. After an inconclusive return in NSW, an amended bill was reintroduced and carried by all of the eastern colonies in 1899. Western Australia voted in 1900. The document lays out the terms for the formation of the Australian Parliament, Judiciary, Executive Government (the Crown), the States and other matters relating to the Federation of Australia in 1904.