‎Parlement‎

‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN MELVILLE Henry‎

‎Henry Melville. Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 14 June 1850; Copy of the petition of Henry Melville of New Norfolk Van Diemen's Land.‎

‎London: HMSO 14 August 1850. Foolscap folio 16pp. docket title to verso of final leaf; a little dusted very good overall. Regards a petition of complaint brought to attention of parliament. Henry Melville publisher of the Colonial Times had published articles critical of the Supreme Court following the trial of Robert Bryant for cattle rustling. Interestingly in this petition Melville also asserts that Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur misused convict labour for personal gain by ordering a road built to his own property. The petition was originally forwarded to Sir John Franklin. HMSO, 14 August unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎An Act to establish and incorporate an Institution to be called "The South Australian Institute". 1855-6 No. 16‎

‎Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government printer June 18 1856. Quarto pp. 91-98 some browning good condition. Act to establish 'a public library and museum. to promote the general study and cultivation of all or any of the various branches or departments of art science literature and philosophy'. Presumably this copy was held at the Institute itself with manuscript notation reading '1860 South Australian Inst Rec'. W.C. Cox, Government printer, June 18 unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA‎

‎Petition of E.W. Wright and L. Tayler‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 31 August 1875. Single foolscap leaf recent brown card wrapps. Petition of complaint prepared by Melbourne architectural firm Wright and Taylor for non-payment by the government of South Australia for plans for the new Houses of Parliament. Government printer, 31 August unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. LEAN Captain James P.‎

‎South Australia. Emigration Correspondence. 14th July 1863‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1863. Foolscap folio tinted paperstock 7pp. disbound good. Prints report of Captain James P. Lean concerning conditions aboard ships selected for carrying emigrants to the colony of South Australia. Issues include poor ventilation and lighting below deck. Includes whole page plans of three such vessels the Sir John Lawrence Castle Eden and Mary Shepherd. Government printer unknown‎

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‎TANAMI GOLDFIELDS PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. BROWN Henry Lyell‎

‎Government Geologist's Report on the Tanami Gold Country‎

‎Adelaide: Government printer 1909. Foolscap folio 12pp. folding chromolithographic map fine in tinted pink titling wrappers with errata slip. Prints the travel journal of government geologist Henry Lyell Brown 1843-1928 through the remote northern country from Willeroo to Victoria River thence to Gordon Downs and the Tanami desert. Includes much observant detail on landscape water supply alluvial gold and geological notes. Includes a large colour map of the region printed at the Adelaide Surveyor General's office. Government printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. PRICE John Sir Charles HOTHAM and others‎

‎Collection of six parliamentary reports on penal establishments prison discipline and the Melbourne Metropolitan Police‎

‎Melbourne: John Ferres Government printer 1857. Quarto later black cloth fine. Collection of six parliamentary reports on penal establishments prison discipline and the Melbourne Metropolitan Police; providing insight into conditions in Victoria shortly after the close of transportation to the colonies of the East Coast. Full listing as follows as bound in this volume: PRICE John. Penal Establishments. A Return from the Inspector General of Penal Establishments. for the half year ending 31st December 1853. Melbourne 1 December 1854. 18pp. PRICE John. Penal Establishments. Report of the Inspector General for the year 1854. Melbourne 30 January 1855. 23pp. HOTHAM Charles and others. Metropolitan Police Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the State of the Police. Melbourne 5 December 1855. 21pp. PRICE John. Penal Establishments. Annual Report of the Inspector General of Penal Establishments for the year ending 30th September 1855. Melbourne 20 December 1855. 48pp. HOOD John chairman. Report of the Select Committee.Penal Establishments. Melbourne 30 July 1857. x106 xiipp. With appendices. Commissioners Haines Stawell and others. Report from the Select Committee upon Penal Discipline. Melbourne 11 September 1857. xii xxiv 100pp. John Ferres, Government printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. TOLMER Alexander‎

‎Petition of Alex. Tolmer‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1876. Foolscap single leaf a bit chipped good. Alexander Tolmer here claims his right to reward for discovering and publicising the suitability of an Australian native plant the Linnean name Lepidos perma gladiata is provided that can be used for paper making. Tolmer asserts that he bore considerable expense and even sent qualtities of plant material to an English papermaking for experimentation and processing and here demands compensation. Government Printer unknown‎

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‎HOTHAM Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles and James TARLETON. PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA‎

‎Copies of correspondence respecting American Citizens who were supposed to have participated in the late riots at Ballaarat‎

‎Melbourne: Government Printer 1855. Very good. Foolscap folio single leaf. Curious exchange between James Tarleton U.S. Consul to Australia and Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles Hotham laying the blame for the Eureka Stockade. Tarleton asserts in his first letter that 'the prime movers were Scotchmen' and later flatly denies any American citizens were involved 'I have every confidence that my countrymen throughout this colony will keep themselves in the proper position'. In the final letter here printed Hotham regretfully informs the US consul that the leader of the insurgents is a young American. Government Printer unknown‎

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‎SMITH James and others. PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA‎

‎Report from the Select Committee on Rewards to Discoverers of Gold Fields; together with proceedings of the Committee Minutes of Evidence and Appendix‎

‎Melbourne: Government printer 1866. Foolscap folio 24pp. and single unpaginated appendix leaf; aside from single neat closed tear an excellent unopened copy. Primarily concerns the Alma goldfields: competing claims for discovery and precedence here contested with much primary testimony from the 14 witnesses called by the Committee. Government printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA SULLIVAN JF. J. F.‎

‎Report of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the best method of removing the sludge from the Gold Fields; together with proceedings of the Commission minutes of evidence and appendices‎

‎Melbourne: Government printer 1859. Foolscap folio 80pp. folding chromolithographic map of Bendigo and other diagrams; string tied final leaf rubbed otherwise fine. Water mismanagement in the chaos of the goldrush: 'throughout the gold fields the injurious consequences of the choking up of the natural drainage channel and of the want of a proper system for carrying off the sludge from the puddling mills is everywhere apparent'. This report examines the merits of various schemes for dredging and managing the sludge with proposals from contractors engineering reports and the like. Government printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA EMBLING Thomas‎

‎Exploration of New Holland. Petition‎

‎Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1862. Very good. Foolscap folio single sheet. Requests that Alfred Howitt and his men comprising the Victorian Relief Expedition stay in the field to effect a continental crossing having traversed inland to Cooper's Creek charged with retreiving the bodies of Burke and Wills. The petition reads: 'a very small additional outlay would render it able to maintain many months longer in the field; and that the traverse of the region lying between Cooper's Creek and Swan River by the discoveries it would effectuate would be most beneficial and highly redound to the honour of this colony'. John Ferres, Government Printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎Cap. XCVI. An Act to continue until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. relating to imposing and levying Duties in New South Wales.‎

‎London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1822. Folio pp. 913-918 armorial letterhead fine. Regards duties on spirits and tobacco in New South Wales giving the Governor the power 'to discontinue or reduce any such duties from time to time as occasion may require'. The Act also limited the strength of liquors imported to 'seven per cent above hygrometer proof'. Eyre and Spottiswoode unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎Correspondence relating to Chinese Immigration into the Australasian Colonies with a Return of Acts passed by the Legislatures of those Colonies and of Canada and British Columbia on the Subject‎

‎London: Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO 1888. Foolscap folio x 87 pp. original blue wrappers bound in full brown morocco gilt spine. Further wrangling between the Colonial Office and respective Australian governments regarding the viability of en-masse Chinese immigration touted by the British as the lasting solution to the long-term problem of high labour costs in Australia. The development of the tropical north for plantation agriculture was an especially attractive prospect. This fundamental disagreement was a primary motivation behind the movement towards Federation. Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎An Act to continue.for the better Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Cap. LXXIII‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1827. Folio sheet pp. 733-734 armorial letterhead very good. This Act extends the provisions of the previous legislation of July 1823 regarding the courts of New South Wales the powers of surgeons aboard transports and other issues relating to convict discipline and management. The extension lasts until the close of December 1829. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown‎

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‎BROWN'S DIGGINGS PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA‎

‎Report from the Select Committee upon Brown's Diggings; together with the proceedings of Committee minutes of evidence and appendices‎

‎Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1860. Tall quarto xxii 96pp. fine in a crushed brown morocco spine gilt with raised bands. Detailed report tabled in Victorian parliament on disputed land ownership and miner's rights at Brown's Diggings including Smythe's Creek North Briton and Contest Leads. The preface reads 'The Select Committee appointed by your Honourable House to enquire into and report upon the evidence upon which the leases to Buchan and others and Duncan and others of auriferous lands at Brown's were granted with the view of ascertaining whether the granting of such Leases interfered with the existing rights of certain miners under and by virtue of their miner's rights.' Although members of the Select Committee did not agree on all evidence submitted they nonetheless assented that some miners listed in this report 'are entitled to the favourable consideration of your Honourable House for compensation.' The Committee included Peter Lalor a leader at the Eureka stockade who later served in parliament. John Ferres, Government Printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎Cap. LXXXIII. An Act to Provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1828. Folio pp. 925-942pp. armorial letterhead fine. 'A statute of the highest importance to students of Australian law and constitutional development' Ferguson. This Act covers a wide range of fundamental issues regarding the structure of the Supreme Courts in the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land and the power of the Governor in relation to a range of legal matters. Matters of significance here enacted include: jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; appointment of judges by the Crown and temporary appointments by the Governor in the event of death or absence of any one judge; admission of evidence in criminal trials from any person; ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; the role of the Governor in authorizing juries; remission of sentences by the Governor and the status of general convict pardons. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎An Act to continue.for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Cap. XLII‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1837. Folio sheet pp. 393-394 armorial letterhead fine. A parliamentary Act to continue previous legislation regarding the legal management of the Australian colonies including administration of convict affairs. Such extension acts were needed to continue legislation relating to convict policy. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN TORRENS Robert ELLIOT T. Frederick and others‎

‎Returns of the Quantity of Land in South Australia sold by the Colonization Commissioners since 5th May 1835; Amount Paid for the same; Names of the Purchasers &c. docket title‎

‎London: House of Commons 1840. Foolscap folio 32pp. including docket title leaf perforation affeting lower margin of first ten leaves old tape repair to titling leaf browning; recent blue cloth George Mackaness bookplate. The 'art of colonization' revealed: a comprehensive report printing detailing land sales from 1835-1840 in South Australia and the revenue subsequently raised through the 'Wakefield model' of colonial management. Of some historical interest is information on emigration including the details of pauper emigrants to South Australia and the costs incurred during their settlement. The South Australian Company raised an emigration fund from land sales and this report details the distribution and expenditure of this considerable pool of capital. Ferguson notes the report 'contains valuable information'. House of Commons unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WELLS Lawrence Allen‎

‎Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition 1896-7: Equipped at the Request and Expense of Albert F. Calvert Esq. F.R.G.S. London for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia‎

‎Perth: Government Printer. 1902. Folio 62 pp. with a large folding lithographic map measuring 890 x 648 mm. an excellent copy half crimson morocco with gilt lettering by Sangorski. Official account of the scientific expedition financed by the wealthy English traveller Albert Calvert dispatched 'for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia'. Lawrence Allen Wells 1883-1932 was an Australian born surveyor who rose to prominence for continuing the work of the Elder Scientific Expedition after it collapsed under the leadership of David Lindsay. Accurate and understated Wells won the esteem of the Adelaide scientific community and attracted the attention of Albert Calvert who insisted that Wells lead his expedition. Accompanied by his cousin Charles Wells and other scientific companions the Calvert Expedition of 1896 passed through the Murchison goldfields and headed north to the Fitzroy River. At Midway Well the party split intending to meet at Joanna Spring some 300 kilometres to the north. The first group led by Wells' cousin perished in the attempt. Unable to locate Joanna Spring incorrectly mapped by 30 kilometres to the east by Warburton some years earlier the second group barely survived an incomprehensible 13 day march of some 220 kilometres over sand hills with no water before reaching the safety of Noonkanbah station on the Fitzroy River. Government Printer. unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. STURT Charles and others‎

‎North Australian Exploring Expedition. Copy of Additional Correspondence‎

‎Melbourne: Government Printer 1855. Foolscap folio 9pp disbound and perforated at inner blank margin where previously stab sewn last leaf a little chipped mechanically paginated; yet very good overall. Correspondence relating to the provision and planning of the North Australian expedition under command of Charles Sturt. Revelation of the interior was the avowed aim of the project: 'If we examine the general map of Australia we shall find that excepting in its southward and eastward quarters in which colonies have been long established little is known of the interior of the continent. an area of more than thirteen hundred thousand square miles of country in central Australia. of which we are entirely ignorant.'. Government Printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. FRANKLIN Lieutenant Governor Sir John and others‎

‎Papers of the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land 1841‎

‎Hobart Town: James Barnard Government Printer 1841. Scuffed at extremities and sympathetically rebacked retaining original label; internally very good indeed. Foolscap folio comprising 26 individually paginated sections; contemporary full roan Diverse series of despatches and reports reflecting the dynamic and progressive administration of Sir John Franklin. Each of the 26 parts is separately paginated for a full listing is see Ferguson 3314. Subjects include emigration convict management education bushrangers and the building of water supply and civil works. The final report on emigration is the longest in the series totalling some 82 pages and is 'very important for information regarding emigration and the experiences of immigrants' Ferguson. This volume is from the collection of Dr. Clifford Craig with one of his characteristic typed notes tipped to the front endpaper regarding colonial cabinetmaker Charles Woolley. Craig's 'collection of old Tasmanian books maps and prints was one of the finest ever assembled - some would argue it was the best. There is no argument that as a Tasmaniana collector bibliophile and author he has no peer' Stitz Australian Book Collectors pp.72-73. James Barnard, Government Printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. STURT Charles and others‎

‎North Australian Exploring Expedition. Copy Correspondence‎

‎Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1855. Foolscap folio 15pp. very good string bound. Plans for imminent exploration of the central and northern interior wilderness of Australia under command of Augustus Charles Gregory. Prints correspondence between the Duke of Newcastle and members of the Royal Geographical Society with hardened figures in the history of Australian exploration including Captain John Lort Stokes and Charles Sturt. John Ferres, Government Printer unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎An Act.to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land and for the more effectual Government thereof and for other Purposes relating thereto. Cap. LXII‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1840. Printed bifolium pp. 465-467 misnumbered 468 armorial letterhead fine. An important Act for the future subdivision of New South Wales into separate colonies namely Victoria in 1851 and Queensland in 1859. The Act describes the possible need for separation given the 'great extent' of New South Wales as the entire eastern portion of the Australian continent. Governing this vast area from Sydney posed serious problems of communication and effective administration and discontent with the existing system was becoming increasingly obvious by the time this Act was passed in 1840. This Act allows Queen Victoria to appoint Legislative Councils for the new colonies who may draft new laws subject to approval before parliament in Britain. This provision was to be especially important in the case of Victoria where separation from New South Wales was soon followed by the gold-rushes. Here began a period of unprecedented population growth and economic change wherein political self determination was of great importance. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎Cap LXXVI. An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. Folio sheet pp. 833-850 armorial letterhead fine. Regards the administration of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode unknown‎

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‎PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN‎

‎Cap. XXXIX. An Act for granting certain Powers and Authorities to a Company to be incorporated by Charter to be called "The Van Diemen's Land Company".‎

‎London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1825. Foolscap pp. 381-392 fine. The Van Diemen's Land Company was founded along similar lines to the Australian Agricultural Company - vast areas and surplus convict labour could be brought to profitable advantage with a Company to attract investors into the fold. The Company was offered vast tracts of land beyond existing settled areas and opened up lands previously unseen by European eyes. This Act follows the decision of April 1825 by the Colonial Office to offer the Company some 250000 acres in the remote northwest of Tasmania for a peppercorn rent. It details the organisation of the company share offers transfers and the like and comprises an important document in the early economic history of the colony. The Van Diemen's Land Company was plagued by poor management practices and charges of favouritism from the Colonial Office. Settlers resented expectation that convict labour be granted to the Company so denying them of much needed labour. Investors lost considerably in the Company until the Victorian gold-rush of the mid 1850's created a market for potatoes grain and timber and revitalised the fortunes of the venture. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown‎

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