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)