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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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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 917 the land at the date that it was acquired. For the enforce- ment of laws in force in the territory and the administration of justice the inferior Courts of the State of New South Wales shall continue to have the jurisdiction which they had before the commencement of the Act and shall exercise such jurisdiction as is conferred on them by ordinance by the Governor-General in Council. (c) The Northern Territory As early as 1907 the Parliament of South Australia passed an Act to permit of the surrender of the Northern Territory to the Commonwealth, but the acceptance of the territory was long delayed by difficulties as to the terms. The Northern Territory, though an integral part of South Aus- tralia, has always been treated in a different manner from the rest of the country, as has been rendered necessary by its infinitesimal white population and immense area. More- over, the only railway communication in it consists of a line from Port Augusta in the state to Oodnadatta and a line from Port Darwin to the station Pine Creek, 146 miles south. The gap intervening between Pine Creek and Oodnadatta is no less than twelve hundred miles, and the state was in no position to spend the large sum necessary for the extension of the railway system. Under the terms of the Northern Territory Acceptance Bill of 1909 and the Act of 1910, the Commonwealth Govern- ment has taken over the whole control of the Northern Territory of South Australia, henceforth to be named the Northern Territory of Australia, the Civil Service and all Cf. St. Ledger, Federation or Unification? chap. v, for a concise view of the position from the Queensland outlook. The linking up of the northern, central and southern railway system of Queensland, there referred to as inevitable, has been arranged for by the Queensland Acts Nos. 11 and 12 of 1910, see Parl. Pap., Cd. 5582, pp. 32, 33. The question of sub- dividing Queensland has been repeatedly discussed in the state, e.g. in 1891, 1896, and 1905. See also Parl. Deb., 1910, pp. 221 seq., where the question whether a referendum would Le needed under s. 123 of the Con- stitution or merely the consent of both State and Federal Parliaments is discussed.

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