Sandhurst (initially Sandhurst Boroughs)[1][2] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[3][4] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904.[3] It was based on the towns of Sandhurst[5]
(now Bendigo) and Lockwood.[6]
The district was defined as:
SANDHURST — Commencing at a point on the Bendigo Creek 40 chains south of the junction of Ash-street and High-street; thence east one mile and a half; thence north four miles; thence west two and a half miles, crossing the Bendigo Creek, thence south four miles, thence east to the point of commencement.
LOCKWOOD — Commencing at the south-western angle of suburban allotment 23, section 1; bounded on the east by a line northward from that point to the southeastern angle of portion 44, section 4; on the north by a line bearing west to the south-western angle of allotment No. 1, section 4, on the west by a line bearing south to a point due west from the commencing point; and on the south by a line east to the south-west angle of suburban allotment No. 23, section 1, being the commencing point.
aforesaid.[4]
From 1904, Sandhurst was split into two districts, Bendigo West and Bendigo East.[3]
The district of Sandhurst Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[1]
^ abEdward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^
"Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ abc
"Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ ab
"An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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"Electoral District of Sandhurst Boroughs, Sandhurst" (map). 1856. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
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"Electoral District of Sandhurst Boroughs, Lockwood" (map). 1856. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
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