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	Victoria (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Victoria is incorporated into 79 municipalities for the purposes of local government, including 39 shires, 32 cities, seven rural cities and one borough.
		Victoria contains many topographically, geologically and climatically diverse areas, ranging from the wet, temperate climate of Gippsland in the southeast to the snow-covered Victorian alpine areas which rise to almost 2000 m (with Mount Bogong the highest peak at 1986 m) and extensive semi-arid plains to the west and north-west.
		Victoria's rainfall is concentrated in the mountainous north-east and coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_(Australia) (3394 words)

	County Court of Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The County Court of Victoria is located in the legal precinct of Melbourne's central business district, on the corner of William Street, and Lonsdale Street opposite the Supreme Court and Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
		The County Court of Victoria was established in 1852 by the "County Courts Act 1852".
		The Supreme Court is the highest judicially in Victoria whilst the County Court is intermediate and the Magistrates' Court is the lowest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County_Court_of_Victoria (463 words)

	Politics of Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The two main parties are the governing Labor party (ALP) and the opposition conservative coalition of the Liberal and National parties.
		The Victorian Government is often referred to as Spring Street, a metonym of the street of that name where the Parliament House of Victoria is located in Melbourne.
		Unsuccessful attempts were made to suppress the novel on the grounds of libel, although these backfired and caused the fictional life of Hardy's John West to become tangled with Wren's in the minds of most Australians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Victoria (438 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Politics of Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Queen of Victoria, who is the same person as the Queen of Australia and the Queen of the United Kingdom has a representative called the governor who formally appoints the elected premier.
		Victoria, the capital city in the Colony of Vancouver Island entered the 1860’s with both political and economic issues that “dominated the colonial consciousness,” which was reflected in the events that surrounded the Keans visit.
		This antagonism between the two political bodies was intensified at the arrival of the new governor in early 1864 and the arrival of the Keans in December of that same year.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Victoria (2441 words)

	Victoria County Politics
		Victoria of the present was still annexed to Durham, and the poll was held at Newtonville, in Clarke township.
		Upon the death of Mr.Marshall, Huston was surrounded by his political friends, and spirited away to a place of concealment, returning to stand his trial after public excitement had somewhat subsided, when he was acquitted by the jury, to the intense disgust of the community.
		As concerning the voters of the present Victoria County (1881), it should be here remarked that the Scotch electors from Eldon marched to the polls at that time clad in navy blue, to the stirring strains of the bagpipes, and voted almost to a man against Boulton and the Compact.
	www.ontariogenealogy.com /Victoria/politics.html (803 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: History of Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The British Act of Parliament separating Victoria from New South Wales, and naming and providing a Constitution for the new Colony, was signed by Queen Victoria on 5 August 1850.
		The life of the little community of Victoria, numbering 450 men, women and children in 1853, centered in the business of the Hudson's Bay Company until 1858 when gold was discovered on the mainland of British Columbia.
		With the Fraser Valley gold rush in 1858, Victoria grew rapidly as the main port of entry to the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Victoria (5399 words)

	Victoria (Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Victoria's public school system dates back to 1872, when the then colonial government legislated to make schooling both free and compulsory.
		Victoria's southernmost position on the Australian continent means it is cooler and wetter than other mainland states and territories.
		Victoria is the wettest Australian state after Tasmania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria%2C_Australia (3394 words)

	Victoria (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		AU-VI Victoria is Australia 's smallest mainland state in terms of and is situated in the south-eastern corner the continent.
		Victoria shares the Murray River as a border with New South Wales to its north and a border South Australia to the west.
		Victoria is generally regarded as the home Australian Rules Football with 10 of the 16 clubs in Melbourne and the traditional Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
	www.freeglossary.com /Victoria_%28Australia%29 (550 words)

	History of Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first explorers of Victoria were HamiltonHume, after whom the Hume Highway is named, and William Hovell.
		This wascrushed by British troops but some of the leaders of the rebellion subsequently became members of the Victoria Parliament and therebellion is still sometimes regarded as a pivotal moment in the development of Australia democracy.
		In 1901 Victoria ceased to be an independent colony and became a state in thecommonwealth of Australia.
	www.therfcc.org /history-of-victoria-48189.html (493 words)

	ipedia.com: History of Victoria Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first explorers of Victoria were Hamilton Hume, after whom the Hume Highway is named, and William Hovell.
		Victoria's first settlement was at Portland, on the western coast of the colony.
		Many Chinese miners worked in Victoria, and their legacy is particularly strong at Bendigo.
	www.ipedia.com /history_of_victoria.html (555 words)

	Queen Victoria
		Victoria was an important proponent in transferring control of India from the East India Company to the British government in 1858.
		Victoria was declared “Empress of India” in 1876.
		Victoria affected the rest of Europe because she was the “Grandmother of Europe”.
	www.lsshaffer49.info /skshaffer85subweb/charlesdickens/queen_victoria.htm (1367 words)

	Politics of Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Queen of Victoria who is the same person as Queen of Australia and the Queen of the United Kingdom has a representative called the governor formally appoints the elected premier.
		The two main parties are the governing Labor party (ALP) and the opposition conservative of the Liberal and National parties.
		Victoria Brown has written the definitive biography of Addams to date.
	www.freeglossary.com /Politics_of_Victoria (573 words)

	Politics of victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/politics_of_victoria (188 words)

	Factions and Parties - Parliament of Victoria
		POLITICAL PARTIES were not formed in Victoria until the 1890s.
		The change from factional to party politics and the subsequent evolution of the various political parties, significantly altered the character of the Parliament of Victoria.
		This made colonial politics remarkably unstable as is seen, for example, by the fact that the Government changed 29 times between 1856 and 1901.
	www.parliament.vic.gov.au /factions.html (597 words)

	The Life & Times of Queen Victoria
		Victoria was the daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg.
		She wished to be informed of political matters, although she had no direct input in policy decisions.
		Victoria's long reign witnessed an evolution in English politics and the expansion of the British Empire, as well as political and social reforms on the continent.
	www.victorianstation.com /queen.html (672 words)

	Victoria Farmers Federation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Politics in Victoria has been turned on its head with the decision last week by Upper House Ballarat MP, Dianne Hadden, to quit the Bracks Government.
		It would be a sad day for Victoria if backbenchers could no longer question the performance of their Party elders without being pushed to resign.
		Political parties are a beneficial feature of our representative Parliamentary system, but they must work to empower the public, not to restrict our ability as citizens to communicate our concerns to the halls of power.
	www.vff.org.au /index.php?id=50463 (631 words)

	Traditional Victorian living - Queen Victoria - The Victorian Era
		Maria Louisa, Her father died before Victoria was one year old, and she was carefully raised by her mother, actually having little contact with the outside world.
		Victoria’s uncle, William 1V died on June 20th 1837, and Victoria immediately took the throne as queen.
		Queen Victoria died at her winter home at Osborne, on the Isle of Wright on January 22, 1901, a respected woman and queen, having reigned for almost 64 years.
	www.victorianbazaar.com /queen.html (848 words)

	University of Victoria - Department of Political Science
		Political Science is the study of power, authority and governance in human affairs.
		Political scientists examine the social, economic, cultural, historical, geographical and other forces that generate conflicts both within and among societies.
		Political scientists have developed a wide range of theoretical perspectives and techniques to try to understand these processes.
	web.uvic.ca /%7Epolisci (427 words)

	Garden City Politics - Victoria, BC
		Downtown Victoria 2020: Downtown as a Place of Learning is the newest report from the 2020 group.
		What it looks like to me is that the hotels have the political muscle to say no, and they are being brought in early, with a sweetheart deal so they don't become the backbone of a movement to dump the BIA again.
		Public hearings on An air and noise quality initiative for Victoria Harbour, as well as a rezoning application for 225 Menzies to allow a building to be 6 instead of 5 stories and reduce the rear setback along with some minor details.
	garden-city-politics.blogspot.com (5560 words)

	Green Party Nominates Five Victoria Candidates this Past Weekend : Green Party of BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		(Victoria) On Saturday, February 19, 2005 the Green Party of BC held a well-attended joint nomination meeting for 4 ridings of the Greater Victoria area.
		The tightest nomination race was for Victoria - Hillside where Steve Filipovic, sole proprietor of a residential fence and deck building company, narrowly beat-out Phillip Spidle, restaurant manager.
		Filipovic, born and raised in Victoria, was visibly pleased to have been nominated.
	www.greenparty.bc.ca /news/2005/02/105.php (630 words)

	Victoria :: Privatisations and Colocations
		"In Victoria we have a totally different funding model in which the Government pays, via case-mix, for the operations that are carried out on a patient," she (Tehan) said.
		AMA (Victoria) is now of the view that the operating risks, in terms of range and quality of services, are of such a magnitude, that they can only be safely borne by the public sector,'' the policy says.
		In Victoria, Australian Hospital Care was contracted by the government to build, own and operate a new Latrobe Regional Hospital to replace the closed Moe and Taralgon public hospitals.
	www.uow.edu.au /arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/health/victoria.html (8856 words)

	News & Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On July 28, a Federal Court struck down Victoria's state restriction of treatment to women who live with men, finding that it violated the national ban on marital status discrimination.
		Victoria's Premier Steve Bracks announced August 2 that the state will not appeal the Federal Court ruling.
		She has been undergoing in vitro fertilization across the state border in New South Wales and was happily making arrangements for her frozen extracted eggs to be transported to a Victorian clinic when she heard of Howard's plans.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?2000/08/03/4 (1272 words)

	Talk Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots.
		Political life in this country, as elsewhere, has its regular routines and rituals - the State Opening of Parliament and the Queen's Speech, the Budget and the battered red box, the Home Office's annual trip to the High Court to be told that yet another piece of its legislation breaches the Human Rights Act...
		Now this may sound perfectly reasonable – except one has to the remember that under the treaty the US is not required to provide evidence that an individual engaged in any such actions, merely provide a ‘statement of facts’ (i.e.
	talkpolitics.users20.donhost.co.uk /index.php?... (5475 words)

	Dr Tim Bale : International Relations and Politics : University of Sussex
		After Sheffield, he taught politics at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
		Tim is also the Department's Official Representative for the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and, together with Ingrid van Biezen of Birmingham University, he is the co-editor of the European Journal of Political Research's annual Political Data Yearbook.
		Political scientists, historians and the politics of Labour's past', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 1 (2) 1999, pp.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /irp/profile92320.html (753 words)

	Magnusson's Urban and Local Politics Courses
		Although the politics of urbanization is a crucial part of the subject, there is another dimension of the study of urban politics.
		One of the major reasons for studying urban politics is to deepen our understanding of the reasons why urban politics has so rarely fulfilled the dream of local democracy B and to consider some of the ideas that people have been exploring in pursuit of that dream.
		Students of political science are taught to think of local politics and local government as inferior to the politics and government of provinces, countries, world-regions, and the earth as a whole.
	web.uvic.ca /polisci/magnusson/urbanoutlines.htm (3695 words)

	Chewing over dinner and politics in Victoria Close - theage.com.au
		Cindy had prepared a low-fat savoury beef pie and vegetables, and as a typical dinner-time in the suburbs wound up, the Smiths were prepared to risk indigestion by talking politics.
		On the other side of Victoria Close, Pam Baird was waiting for Alan to return from a meeting.
		It reinforced their view of politics as often cynical, and further fuelled their dislike for negative strategies.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/11/15/1037080914519.html (681 words)

	University of Victoria - Department of Political Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The University of Victoria European Studies Program in conjunction with the Department of Political Science invites applications from European scholars for a short term research-teaching position to commence in January 2005 and last for approximately 13 weeks.
		The University of Victoria is an equity employer and encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and aboriginal people.
		This opportunity is sponsored by the European Commission through an EU Centre grant to the University of Victoria, as well as by the Department of Political Science.
	web.uvic.ca /polisci/announcements/visitingscholar.htm (436 words)

	Kemp to quit politics » ABC Victoria » Local News
		Dr Kemp denies he has failed to give the Liberal Party sufficient notice of his departure to find a candidate to replace him, and insists he is leaving on good terms with the Government.
		He says he is quitting politics for personal reasons.
		"My two younger sons at home and my wife have been tremendously supportive of the demands of politics over a number of years now, but I've reached the view that 15 years since my preselection is long enough for the family," he said.
	www.abc.net.au /victoria/news/200407/s1152304.htm (393 words)

	Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics - Wal-Mart
		In this book, Victoria Rodriguez offers the first comprehensive analysis of how Mexican women have taken advantage of new opportunities to participate in the political process through elected and appointed office, nongovernmental organizations, and grassroots activism.
		She analyzes the factors that have increased women's political activity: from the women's movement, to the economic crises of the 1980s and 1990s, to increasing democratization, to the victory of Vicente Fox in the 2000 presidential election.
		She maps out the pathways that women have used to gain access to public life and also the roadblocks that continue to limit women's participation in politics, especiallyat higher levels of government.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2067895 (656 words)

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