Melbourne Electoral Districts 1876
Restoration of the original Melbourne Electoral Districts in glorious vintage orange makes this a very cool piece of suburb history to explore.
Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856. This was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of East Melbourne and West Melbourne, each having two members. Later, where this map fills in the blanks, extended districts were proposed and old electoral districts delineated.
Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 which took effect at the 1889 elections.
Restoration of the original Melbourne Electoral Districts in glorious vintage orange makes this a very cool piece of suburb history to explore.
Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856. This was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of East Melbourne and West Melbourne, each having two members. Later, where this map fills in the blanks, extended districts were proposed and old electoral districts delineated.
Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 which took effect at the 1889 elections.
Restoration of the original Melbourne Electoral Districts in glorious vintage orange makes this a very cool piece of suburb history to explore.
Melbourne was one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856. This was abolished in 1859, its area was split into the new electoral districts of East Melbourne and West Melbourne, each having two members. Later, where this map fills in the blanks, extended districts were proposed and old electoral districts delineated.
Melbourne was re-created as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 which took effect at the 1889 elections.