Seat of Government Act 1904
| Seat of Government Act 1904 | |
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| Parliament of Australia | |
Long title
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| Assented to | 15 August 1904 |
| Repealed | 14 December 1908 |
| Introduced by | Watson government |
| Related legislation | |
| Seat of Government Act 1908 | |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Seat of Government Act 1904 was an
national capital) should be within 17 miles (27 km) of Dalgety, New South Wales.[1]
The site turned out to be unacceptable to the
Victoria.[2] A more practical objection was the distance to the main Sydney-Melbourne railway line and the expense involved in constructing a spur to the proposed capital.[3]
The Act was repealed in 1908 by the Seat of Government Act 1908, which selected Canberra as the new site for the territory.[4][5]
References
- Seat of Government Act 1904 (Cth)
- State Records of New South Wales A Guide to NSW State Archives relating to Federation
- ^ "SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, No. 7 of 1904". Australian Government, Federal Register of Legislation. 15 August 1904.
- ISBN 0-86806-066-6.
- ISBN 0-7139-9450-9.
- ^ "Seat of Government Act 1908, Act No. 24 of 1908 as amended". Australian Government, Federal Register of Legislation. 8 November 2000.
- ^ "FEDERAL CAPITAL". Register. 9 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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