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Victoria No. 14 Case Study

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The town of Melbourne was raised to the status of a city by Letters Patent of Queen Victoria dated 25 June 1847, five years after its fuse as a town. The Letters Patent additionally represented the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and stated Melbourne a house of prayer city. A movement was tabled at a meeting of the Town Council to modify the style and title of Melbourne from a town to a city, a draft Bill was endorsed and transmitted to the Government for prologue to the Legislature. On 3 August 1849, Act 13 Victoria No. 14 was at last consented to as "An Act to impact an adjustment in the Style and Title of the Corporation of Melbourne rendered vital by the erection of the Town of Melbourne to a

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