Victoria: Polity Style: 1851-1901

1 Jul 1851 part of the Colony of New South Wales, comprising the District of Port Phillip, is separated and erected into a separate colony to be called the Colony of Victoria on 1 Jul 1851, the date of issuance of a proclamation by Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales under an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 13 May 1850, House of Lords on 5 Jul 1850 with amendments, House of Commons agreed to amendments on 1 Aug 1850, received royal assent on 5 Aug 1850) (Public General Acts, 1850, pp. 498-517; New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 73, 1 Jul 1851, pp. 1019-1020; Victoria Government Gazette, No. 1, 9 Jul 1851, pp. 77-78) [1]
1 Jul 1851 - 31 Dec 1900 Colony of Victoria
1 Jan 1901 the Colony of Victoria constitutes an original state of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 Jan 1901, the date appointed by a royal proclamation of 17 Sep 1900, issued under an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 25 Jun 1900, House of Lords on 5 Jul 1900, received royal assent on 9 Jul 1900) (Public General Acts, 1900, pp. 24-45; Australia Government Gazette, No. 1, 1 Jan 1901, p. 1) [2]
  1. Full title: An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's Australian Colonies.
  2. Full title: An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia (may be cited as the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act).