Legislation and events

1892

Police Act 1892 (55 Vic No 27)

1897

Royal Commission on Mining

1898

Goldfields Act 1895, Amendment Act 1898 (62 Vic No 16)

1900

Goldfields Act 1895, 1989 Amendment Act 1900 (64 Vic No 23)

1901

(Rex v Hahn)

1902

Police Act Amendment Act 1902 (2 Edw VII No 31)

1904

Mining Act 1904 (2 Edw VII No 15)

1906

May

Scantlebury's Accusations

August

Royal Commission appointed

Police Offences Bill abandoned

1907

February

Royal Commission published

October

Gold Stealing Detection Squad appointed

1908

Premier's Conference resolution on uniform legislation

1914

Premier's Conference resolution on uniform legislation

1917

Victorian Gold Buyers Act

1921

Gold Buyers Act 1921 (12 Geo V No 28)

Treffene and Coulter convicted first time

1926

Walsh and Pitman murdered

1938

Wolinkski vs Strahan

1948

Gold Buyers Act 1921-1948 (12 & 13 Geo VI 83)

1949

(Williams vs Douglas)