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| Boroondara District Roads Board | |
|---|---|
| Established | 11 July 1854 |
| Abolished | 17 November 1871 (reconstituted as the Shire of Boroondara) |
| Area | 60km2 |
| Chairman (as of 17 November 1871) | George Taylor[1] |
History
The Roads Board was gazetted on 11 July 1854 after residents of Boroondara petitioned to create the Boroondara District Roads Board. Following an act of Parliament in 1853, road boards could be constituted in parts of the state where at least five landowners and five residents had petitioned a local Justice of the Peace to do so. The purpose of these organisations was to improve, maintain and manage roads and bridges throughout the state consisting of local elected members. Their activities were overseen by the Central Roads Board reporting directly to the Lieutenant-Governor of the day.[2]
Elections were subsequently held to determine the members of the Board. Overseen by the local justice of the peace, J. F. Palmer, the first election and meeting was subsequently held at the Red Lion Hotel in Hawthorn at 2pm on 2 September 1854.[3]
Governance
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References
- ↑ Blainey, Geoffrey (1980). 'A History of Camberwell'. Melbourne:Lothian.
- ↑ Victorian Government Gazette. No. XL - An Act for making and improving Roads in the Colony of Victoria. Australasian Legal Information Institute. 8 February 1853. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/aafmairitcov538.pdf, accessed: 3 December 2016
- ↑ The Argus Advertising - Boroondara Road District. 23 August 1854. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4796721, accessed: 3 December 2016