Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsCounties of Murray and Cowley, area about nine hundred square miles: Commencing on the Goulburn - Cooma Railway at its intersection with the Queanbeyan River at Queanbeyan, and bounded thence by that railway generally southerly to the south - eastern corner of portion 177, Parish Keewong, County of Murray, by the southern boundaries of that portion and portions 218, 211, 36, and 38 generally westerly to the Murrumbidgee River, by that river downwards to a point east of the south - east corner of portion 68, Parish of Cuppacumbalong, County of Cowley, by a line partly forming the southern boundary of that portion west to the eastern watershed of Gudgenby River; by that watershed, and the eastern and southern watersheds of Naas Creek, by part of the western watershed of Gudgenby River, generally southerly, westerly, and northerly to the southern watershed of Cotter River, by that watershed and the western watershed of that river, passing through Mount Murray and through Bimberi Trigonometrical Station, generally northerly to Coree Trigonometrical Station, thence by a line bearing north - easterly to One - Tree Trigonometrical Station, thence by the watershed of Molonglo River north - easterly and generally south - easterly to the Goulburn - Cooma Railway aforesaid, and thence by that railway generally south - westerly to the point of commencement.
Notes to the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909
Note 1
The Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 (a) as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 23, 1909 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act | Number | Date | Date of commencement | Application, saving or transitional provisions |
23, 1909 | 13 Dec 1909 | 22 Jan 1910 ( see Gazette 1910, p. 43) |
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25, 1910 | 25 Nov 1910 | 1 Jan 1911 | ||
Judiciary Act 1927 | 9, 1927 | 8 Apr 1927 | 2 Sep 1929 ( see Gazette 1929,p. 1854) | |
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1933 | 4, 1933 | 30 May 1933 | 30 May 1933 | |
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1938 | 12, 1938 | 1 July 1938 | 29 July 1938 | -- |
Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay (Lands Acquisition) Act 1955 | 70, 1955 | 4 Nov 1955 | 16 Feb 1956 ( see Gazette 1956, p. 472 | |
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 | 216, 1973 | 19 Dec 1973 | 31 Dec 1973 | Ss. 9(1) and 10 |
(a) This citation is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976 .
As to the application of some of the sections of this Act to the Jervis Bay Territory , see section 4 of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 .
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
Provision affected | How affected |
S. 5 .................... | am. No. 12, 1938; No. 216, 1973; |
S. 6 .................... | am. No. 4, 1933 |
S. 8 .................... | rep. No. 9, 1927 |
S. 9 .................... | rep. No. 216, 1973 |
S 10 .................... | rep. No. 70, 1955 |
Note 2
S. 2--The Act of the Parliament of New South Wales which ratified and con - firmed the agreement and surrendered the Territory to the Commonwealth is the Seat of Government Surrender Act, 1909 , (No. 14, 1909), which was assented to on 14 December 1909, and proclaimed to commence on 15 December 1909. See N.S.W. Gazette 15 December 1909 , p. 6669.
Note 3
S. 3 and First Schedule--This agreement was varied by the agreement contained in the Schedule to the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1922 , which is published separately.
Note 4
S. 5 (1)--The proclaimed day was 1 January 1911 ; see Gazette 1910, p. 1851.