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Encyclopedia > Division of Yarra

The Division of Yarra was a former Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was located in inner eastern suburban Melbourne, and was named after the Yarra River, which originally formed the eastern border of the Division, and eventually ran through it. It originally covered the suburbs of Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond and part of Fitzroy. By the time it was abolished in 1969, it no longer covered Abbotsford or Fitzroy, but included Burnley and Hawthorn. Maps of electoral Divisions The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member constituencies called Divisions. ... The Australian states and territories comprise the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 52,118 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... The Yarras lower reaches travel through central Melbourne. ... Postcode: 3067 Melway Maps 2C, 2D, 2G, 2H, 44 Local Government: City of Yarra State electorate: Richmond Federal electorate: Melbourne Abbotsford is a small inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, nestled in between Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and seperated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River. ... Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Australia. ... Richmond is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Burnley is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... For other uses of the name Hawthorn, see Hawthorn (disambiguation). ...


The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. It was abolished at the redistribution of November 21 1968. During its existence, the Division was held by four Labor members, including Frank Tudor, a former leader of the Australian Labor Party; James Scullin, the ninth Prime Minister of Australia; and Jim Cairns, a former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Frank Gwynne Tudor (27 January 1866 - 10 January 1922), Australian Labor politician, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of working-class immigrants from Wales. ... Rt Hon James Scullin James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 - January 28, 1953), Australian politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the small town of Trawalla, in western Victoria, the son of a railway worker of Irish descent. ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. ... Australias second-highest ranked political post is the position of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. ...


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Division of Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (162 words)
Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria.
Created at Federation in 1901, Melbourne division encompasses the City of Melbourne and the suburbs of Abbotsford, Ascot Vale, Carlton, Clifton Hill, Colllingwood, Docklands, East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Flemington, Kensington, Parkville and Richmond.
This capital city electorate's northern boundary is formed by Brunswick and Maribyrnong Roads between the Yarra River, Maribyrnong River and Merri Creek.
HMAS Yarra 1 - Royal Australian Navy History (968 words)
YARRA was present at the formal surrender of German New Guinea to the Australian forces at Rabaul on 13 September 1914.
YARRA remained in New Guinea waters after the departure of the fleet (HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE and SYDNEY) on 17 September 1914, and in company of PARRAMATTA and WARREGO assisted in the consolidation of the Australian occupation of New Guinea and New Britain.
Adriatic operations ended for YARRA on 17 October 1918 (a year almost to the day after her first patrol) when with TORRENS and the British destroyers of the 5th Flotilla she left Brindisi for Mudros and thence with the Allied Fleet passed through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmora to Ismid.
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