Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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cHAP. 11] THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 915 (0) The Federal Capital It is provided in the Constitution that the seat of Govern- ment shall be on territory granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be at least a hundred miles in extent, and be not nearer than a hundred miles from Sydney, in the State of New South Wales. It was apparently agreed that the site should also, while not within a hundred miles of Sydney, be as near as possible to the boundary line ; in the result the site of Dalgety was chosen in 1904 by Act No. 7 for the capital ; it was, however, rejected in 1908 by Act No. 24, and after an exhaustive ballot a site at the district of Yass-Canberra fixed upon by the Fisher Government, and an Act for the acceptance (No. 23) passed in 1909, while New South Wales also passed an Act (No. 14) for the surrender, but as yet the city is still in posse, though an appropriation for it has been taken in the estimates for 1910 and plans invited. The choice of the site has, however, been the subject of much recrimination and difficulty, and the negotiations for the capital are one of the least satisfactory among the many troubleds problems which have vexed the country since federation.? It is probable that the Commonwealth must treat the federal capital as a place for which it must legislate and not convert it into a state. The territory surrendered by New South Wales by the Act of 1909 is over nine hundred square miles in extent, and includes access to the sea with a grant of two square miles. but no foreshore at Two-fold Bay, while Governor of Norfolk Island, but in 1897 a new Order in Council was issued in order to entrust the administration to him as Governor of New South Wales, i. e. on ministerial advice, and a grant from the Imperial Govern- ment was made to enable the administration to start afresh. But in fact the Governor acts by his own views; there is a local elective Council of twelve with a magistrate, and the Governor has legislative authority. See Parl. Pap., C. 4193, 8358; Order in Council, October 18, 1900. * Cf. Harrison Moore, op. cit., pp. 590-2. Quick and Garran, op. cit., pp. 978, 979 ; Commonwealth Parl. Pap., 1907-8, No. 18. ? See Turner, Australian Commonwealth. pp. 65-8. 73 seq., 188-90, 210. 244. 265. 268. A 2D

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