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Newspaper
Melbourne Leader
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1861
Page
2
A historical note describes subscriptions to the Leader and mentions longer advertising periods. It references Burks and Willis as explorers whose likenesses appear in varying engravings. Photographs for the engravings were taken by Mir Sill of Bourke Street before the expedition departed.
Melbourne commentary critiques the Opposition promise of a strong cabinet and a policy shift to free trade. It warns that despite seasoned ministers, the new administration may lack parliamentary confidence and stability, risking a fragile majority amid contested elections and ongoing occupation licence debates.
Doubts about a new administration's approach to squatter rights and land reform surface as officials debate replacing occupation licenses with amendments to the Nicholson Land Bill. If a liberal land measure fails, the government risks unity with the Assembly and prolongs the fight over licenses and financial policy.
The Victorian Association denounces the new Administration as a forced, unrepresentative cabinet that reverses prior policy and ignores public opinion. It criticizes select ministers, their lack of re election, and the influence of constituencies, warning of continued discontent ahead of the general election.
The article discusses a new gold exhibit, a forty foot tall pyramid representing ten years of gold yield valued at £104,649,728, praising the colony’s wealth creation, roads, institutions, and social progress. It also covers Burke and Wills explorations, memorial proposals, and debates on burial sites, with opinions on monuments and the explorers’ fate.
Fragmentary OCR describes an embryonation display linked to a pyramid. It hints at unprecedented progremian marvels despite Ivan Sore delays, suggesting radiating influence on people’s power, deuterial and intellectual prosperity.
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