Parliamentary Acts referred to in the compilation of this website and downloaded as PDF files from
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Parliamentary Acts Passed
in Britain
1836 Letters Patent
1842 An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies
1846 An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies, and to make further Provision for the Management thereof.
1858 An Act for regulating the Sale and other disposal of Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in South Australia
1862 An Act to provide for the future appropriation of the proceeds of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of South Australia
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to the Occupation and Sale of the Crown Lands
1834 An Act to empower His Majesty to erect South Australia
into a British Province or Provinces and to provide for
the Colonisation and Government thereof
1842 An Act for protecting the waste Lands of the Crown in South Australia from encroachment intrusion and trespass
1846 To regulate the Occupation of Crown Lands in South Australia
1848 Ordinance to Regulate the Occupation of Crown Lands in
South Australia
1853 An Act to regulate the occupation of Crown Lands in South Australia
1868-69 An Act to further amend the "Waste Lands Act". Known as the Strangways Act
1870 An Act to further amend "The Waste Lands Amendment Act, 1868-9"
1872 An Act to Regulate the Alienation and Sale of the Waste Lands of the Crown
1877 Crown Lands Consolidation Act
1878 An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Crown Lands in South Australia
1885 An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Crown Lands
1886 Crown Lands Consolidation Act
1887 An Act relating to the Valuation of Improvements on certain Crown Lands
1888 The Crown Lands Act
1889 An Act to amend "The Crown Lands Act, 1888,"and for other purposes
1890 An Act to amend "The Crown Lands Act, 1888," "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1889," and for other purposes
1897 An Act relating to the Repurchase of Land,
known as "The Closer Settlement Act, 1897"
1898 An Act to amend the Crown Lands Acts
1901 An Act to amend the Crown Lands Acts, and for other purposes
1902 An Act relating to the Repurchase of Land, and for other purposes,
known as "The Closer Settlement Act, 1902"
1902 An Act to amend the Crown Lands Acts
1903 An Act to consolidate and amend the Crown Lands Acts, and for other purposes
1905 An Act to amend "The Crown Lands Act, 1903," and for other purposes
1915 An Act to Consolidate certain Acts relating to Crown Lands
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Property
1841 An Act to provide for the Registration of Deeds, Will, Judgments,
Conveyances and other Instruments
1858 An Act to amend the Real Property Act
1886 The Real Property Act
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Railways
To consolidate in one Ordinance certain provisions usually inserted in Acts authorising the making of Railways
1858 An Act to authorize the raising of a further sum of Seventy-three Thousand Pounds, for the completion of the Adelaide and Gawler Town Railway and Adelaide City and Port Railway, and to provide for additional Rolling-stock
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Churches
Ordinance....to Promote the Building of Churches and Chapels for Christian Worship, and to provide for the Maintenance of Ministers of the Christian Religion
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to the Pastoralists
1840 An Act for preventing the Infectious disease commonly called the Scab in Sheep or Lambs in the Province of South Australia
1846 To encourage the fencing of land
1858 An Act for the Assessment on Stock, and for other purposes therein mentioned
1859 An Act to provide for the Definition of Boundaries of runs and the survey of Lands for mineral purposes by means of Licensed Surveyors
1861 An Act to amend the 1858 Stock Assessment Act
An Act to further amend the 1858 Stock Assessment Act
1862 An Act for preventing the further Spread of the Scotch Thistle, Variegated Thistle, and Bathurst Bur
1863 An Act to provide for the reduction of the Assessment of certain Pastoral Lands
1864 An Act to authorize certain reductions in the valuation of runs, under the Act entituled An Act for the Assessment on Stock, and for other purposes therein mentioned ; and to provide for the compensation for improvements, to be allowed on resumptions, to lessees of Pastoral Lands under renewed leases
1864 An Act to extend the terms of certain leases of the Waste Lands of the Crown for pastoral purposes ; and to make provision for payment, in certain cases, for improvements effected on lands comprised in leases granted for renewed terms, under the Act No. 20 of 1858, intituled "An Act for the Assessment on Stock, and for other purposes therein mentioned"
1865-66 An Act to repeal an Ordinance of 1846 "To encourage the Fencing of Land," and to make other provisions in lieu thereof
1865-66 An Act to amend the laws relating to the Leasing of the Waste Lands of the Crown, within the Province of South Australia, for Pastoral purposes
1865 An Act to further amend the Act No. 20 of 1858, intituled "An Act for the Assessment on Stock, and for other purposes therein mentioned"
1866 An Act authorizing the Remission of Rent and Assessment due from certain Pastoral Lessees of the Crown of the Province of South Australia
1866 An Act to authorize the granting of Leases, with a right to purchase, of certain Waste Lands of the Crown of South Australia
1867 An Act to remit the Payment of Rent to certain persons, who on the sixteenth day of March, 1866, held rights to Pastoral Leases of certain positions of the Waste Lands of the Crown of the Province of South Australia
1866-67 An Act to extend the time within which certain Lessees of the Waste Lands of the Crown may avail themselves of the benefits of "The Waste Lands Amendment Act, 1865-6,"and "The Remission of Rent Act, 1865-6,"and for other purposes
1867 An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Leasing, for pastoral purposes, of certain Waste Lands of the Crown in the Province of South Australia, and for other purposes
1869-70 An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Leasing, for Pastoral Purposes, of certain Waste Lands of the Crown, in the Province of South Australia, and for other purposes
1872 An Act to authorize the Granting of Miscellaneous Leases of the Waste Lands of the Crown, and for other purposes
1872 An Act to enable the holder of certain pastoral Leases to come under the provisions of the "Waste Lands Amendment and Procedure Act, 1869-70
1884 An Act to amend the Law relating to Pastoral Lands
1888 An Act relating to the Payment for certain Improvements made by Pastoral Lessees
1891 An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Fences
1893 An Act relating to Pastoral Lands
1895 An Act to amend Pastoral Laws
1896 An Act to further amend Pastoral Laws
1898-89 An Act relating to Pastoral Lands
1901 An Act to amend the Law relating to Pastoral Lands
1904 An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Pastoral Lands, and for other purposes
1918 An Act to amend the Pastoral Act, 1904
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Roads
1851 ...for the making and improving of Roads in South Australia
1852 An Act for the making and improving of Roads in South Australia. Road Boards
1852 ...for the making and improving of Roads in South Australia. Road Commissioners
1864 An Act to authorize the raising of Moneys for the construction of Main Roads.
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Employment
1863 An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Masters and Servants
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Forestry
"1873 An Act to encourage the Planting of Forest Trees
1882 The Woods and Forests Act
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Education
1875 An Act to amend the Law relating to Public Education
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to Vermin
1879 An Act to provide for the Suppression of Rabbits, and to consolidate, alter, and amend the laws relating thereto
1882 An Act to provide for the Destruction of Vermin
1889 An Act to provide for the Destruction of Sparrows
1890 an Act to Supply Vermin-proof Fencing to District councils and others, and for other purposes
1891 an Act to authorise the construction of a Dog and other Vermin Proof Fencing from Morgan to Nackara
1894 An Act relating to Vermin
1905 An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Vermin Destruction and Vermin Fencing, and for other purposes
1912 An Act to provide for the Destruction of Wild Dogs
1931 An Act to consolidate certain Acts providing for the Destruction of Wild Dogs
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to the Supply of Electricity
1897 An Act to authorise and empower "The South Australian Electric Light and Motive Power Company, Limited," to carry on, at Adelaide and elsewhere in South Australia, the business of an Electric Light and Motive Power Company, and to generate, accumulate, distribute, and supply Electricity for motive power and lighting purposes, and, by means of electricity, to light cities, towns, streets, docks, markets, public and private buildings, and places
1900 An Act to amend the Law relating to Vermin Districts
1922 An Act to amend the South Australian Electric Light and Motive Power Company's Act, 1897, for the purpose of enabling Instrumentalities of electric Supply to be carried through Intermediate districts and of enabling Electricity to be supplied under the powers conferred by that Act in any part of the State, and for the purpose of facilitating Legal Proof of certain matters
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to the Supply of Money
1962 An Act to authorize the Treasurer to borrow and expend money for public works and purposes, and to enact other provisions incidental thereto
Parliamentary Acts Passed
in South Australia relating to the Returned Soldiers
1915 An Act to make Provision for the Settlement of Returned Soldiers on Crown Lands
1917 An Act to make further and better Provision for the Settlement of discharged Soldiers on Land