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The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly ( lower house ) and the 22-seat Legislative Council ( upper house ). [ 2 ]
The House of Assembly was created in 1857, when South Australia attained self-government. The development of an elected legislature — although only men could vote — marked a significant change from the prior system, where legislative power was in the hands of the Governor and the Legislative Council, which was appointed by the Governor.
South Australia's Constitutional structure has undergone numerous changes since its settlement by Europeans in the 19th century. In 1834 the Imperial Parliament passed the South Australian Colonisation Act 1834, which authorised the King-in-Council to establish a colony called the 'Province of South Australia' and to provide for a government for the province.
When the Province of South Australia received its original constitution in 1857, it was the most democratic in the British Empire, combining a universal-suffrage lower house (the House of Assembly), with a restricted-suffrage upper house (the Legislative Council). The purpose of the Legislative Council was, as with the 19th century House of ...
In South Australia, the act was substantially revised in 1886, and this version remains in force in South Australia. The Real Property Act 1886 , updated 3 October 2019, has a long title "An Act to consolidate and amend the Real Property Act 1861, the Real Property Act Amendment Act 1878 and the Rights-of-Way Act 1881, and for other purposes".
The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (AHA [1]) is the principal South Australian legislation protecting and preserving the state's Aboriginal heritage. [2] It repealed and replaced the Aboriginal and Historic Relics Preservation Act 1965, [3] which was the first state legislation to protect Aboriginal Australian heritage in Australia.
South Australia was established via letters patent by King William IV in February of 1836, pursuant to the South Australian Colonisation Act 1834.Governance in the colony was organised according to the principles developed by Edward Wakefield, where settlement would be conducted by free settlers rather than convicts. [3]
The Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of South Australia to amend the South Australian Constitution Act 1856 to include women's suffrage. [2] It was the seventh attempt to introduce voting rights for women and received widespread public support including the largest petition ever presented to the ...