Commonwealth act

Queen Victoria Memorial Act 1905

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

18 of 1905

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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This Act sets aside £25,000 (twenty-five thousand pounds) from Australia’s national bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to help build a memorial for Queen Victoria.

What it does:

Provides one-time funding to honor Queen Victoria, who died in 1901
Allows Australia to partner with Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, South African colonies (Cape Colony and Natal), Newfoundland, and other Empire territories to pay for a joint Imperial memorial

Who it affects:

Australian taxpayers (whose money funds the memorial)
Government officials coordinating the project across the British Empire

Why it matters: Passed just four years after Federation, this law shows the new Commonwealth of Australia demonstrating loyalty to the Crown and solidarity with other British Empire nations by contributing to a shared tribute to the late Queen.

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Queen Victoria Memorial Act 1905

QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

No. 18 of 1905.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the sum of Twenty-five thousand pounds for the purposes of the erection of a Memorial in honour of the late Queen Victoria.

[Assented to 21st December, 1905.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

This Act may be cited as Queen Victoria Memorial Act 1905.

Grant for purpose of Queen Victoria Memorial.

There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, the sum of Twenty-five thousand pounds for the purpose of enabling the Commonwealth to join with Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, the Cape Colony, Natal, Newfoundland, and other parts of the Empire in the erection of a memorial in honour of the late Queen Victoria.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Queen Victoria Memorial Act 1905