Gippsland Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 1856 |
Abolished | 1859 |
Namesake | Gipps' Land |
Demographic | Rural |
Gippsland (or Gipps' Land) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859.[1] From 1859, two new districts were created: South Gippsland and North Gippsland.[1]
The district of Gippsland was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[2]
Its area was defined as: "Bounded on the South and East by the Sea ; on the North by a Line bearing West from Cape Howe to the Source of the nearest Tributary of the Murray, and by the Alps; and on the West by the Alps and the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral District of Alberton".[3]