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The administration of Western Australia—the only colony to which convicts from Great Britain continue to be transported—is under a Governor appointed by the Crown, who is assisted by an Executive Council composed of certain office-holders, namely, the senior officer in command of the forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Comptroller-General of Convicts, the Surveyor-General, the Attorney-General, and the Treasurer and Collector of Internal Be venue. There is also a Legislative Council, composed, including the Governor, of six official and four unofficial members. The official members are the Governor, the Commander of the Forces the Colonial Secretary, the Surveyor-General, the Attorney-General, and the Treasurer and Collector of Internal Revenue. The unofficial members are appointed by the Crown, on the recommendation of the Governor.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Australasia
1. Official Publications
Reports showing tho present state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, March 30, 18G0. Despatches of the Governors of New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia. Pol. London, 1808.
Statistical Tables relating to the Colonial and other. Possessions of the United Kingdom. Part XI. Pol. London, 1807.
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Martin, F. (1869). Western Australia. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252981_43
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