The Board of Land and Works was a government authority in Victoria, Australia. It was established by an act of parliament in 1857, with the aim of consolidating...
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William Trenwith (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Parliament of Victoria Trenwith served as Minister for Railways, commissioner for Public Works and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works between...
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George Kerferd (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Board of Land and Works in the government of James McCulloch 1868, and Solicitor-General 1872–1874, and Attorney-General in 1874 in the government of James...
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George Turner (Australian politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
for Defence and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works. The Turner Ministry of 1894 included Alexander Peacock, John Gavan Duffy and Isaac Isaacs...
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Richard Heales (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
president of the Board of Land and Works, and Commissioner of Crown Lands and Surveys in the ministry of James McCulloch. He brought in two further land bills...
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Charles Gavan Duffy (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
well as Commissioner for Public Works, President of the Board of Land and Works, and Commissioner for Crown Lands and Survey. Irish Catholics serving...
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Duncan Gillies (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
was Commissioner for Railways and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works. He was also Minister of Public Instruction 1884–86. As Railways Minister...
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James Francis (politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
representative of business interests. He was Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works and Commissioner of Public Works 1859–60, Commissioner of Trade and Customs...
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The Department of Railways was a subdepartment of the Victorian Government's Board of Land and Works that was the first government operator on the Victorian...
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Harry Lawson (politician) (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
the Board of Land and Works in the government of William Watt from 1913 to 1915, and Attorney-General and Solicitor-General in the government of Alexander...
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James Sullivan (Victorian politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Commissioner of Roads and Railways, Commissioner of Trade and Customs, Minister of Mines, and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works. He died in...
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Francis Longmore (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Liberal, Protectionist, and land reformer. He held office as commissioner of railways and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works under Charles Gavan...
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The Department of Railways and Roads was a subdepartment of the Victorian Government's Board of Land and Works, which administered the Australian state's...
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William Webb (Victorian politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Agriculture, and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works. In 1889, Webb became an agent and grain-buyer for farmers, he ran a milling and butchering...
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John Henry Brooke (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
of Crown Lands in Victoria under the Heales administration from November 1860 to November 1861, and remembered in connection with the land system of that...
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John Charles King (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Evelyn, and joined the William Nicholson Ministry in October 1859. He served as the Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works and Commissioner of Public...
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Robert McGregor (Australian politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
portfolio from 1900 to 1901, and from 1901 to 1902 was Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works. He was Chairman of Committees from 1918 to 1921...
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Bill Galvin (Australian politician) (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
the death of Arthur Cook. Duly elected, Galvin was made President of the Board of Land and Works, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, and Minister...
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William Baillieu (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
of the most influential people of his era, and served in the Victorian Legislative Council for 21 years, including stints as Minister for Works and Health...
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The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the upper tier of local government for London between 1856 and 1889, primarily responsible for upgrading infrastructure...
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James Macpherson Grant (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Avoca and held this seat until his death. Grant joined the Richard Heales ministry in February 1861 as Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works and Commissioner...
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Ewen Hugh Cameron (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Vice-President of the Board of Land & Works. "Ewen Hugh Cameron". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived...
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Thomas Bent (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
amazement of every one". He had no particular party loyalties and first held office in the Service government in 1880. He was Commissioner for Works and Railways...
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James McKean (Australian politician) (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
solicitor and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, President of the Board of Land & Works and commissioner...
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David Moore (Australian politician) (category Presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
elected to that seat in November 1864 and held it until December 1867. Moore was President of the Board Land & Works in the second Haines ministry from 29...
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John Bailey (Victorian politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
Vice-president Board Land & Works and commissioner Public Works from 3 September 1860 to 2 October 1860, and Commissioner of Trade and Customs from 19...
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James Johnston (Australian politician) (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
as Vice-President of the Board of Lands and Works and Commissioner of Public Works. Johnston and R. S. Anderson, then Commissioner of Customs, resigned...
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Samuel Merrifield (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
transferred to Moonee Ponds in 1945, and from 1952 to 1955 was Minister of Public Works. He was defeated in 1955, and served on Keilor City Council from...
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Arthur Sachse (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
of North Eastern in 1892, and was briefly a minister without portfolio in June 1902 before his appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Land and...
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George Langridge (category Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works)
August 1874 till he died. He was Commissioner of Public Works and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works in the third Berry Government from August...
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