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(a) GOVERNMENT
Free scope left to the colonies--The protection afforded them-- Napoleon III and his supposed designs on Australia--The SHENANDOAH incident--The ballot--Constitutional reforms--Women enfranchised--Elective and nominee councils--Cowper's quarrel with the Council in New South Wales--McCulloch's protection policy in Victoria--David Syme--The Victorian constitutional struggle--The Darling grant--Payment of members-- Black Wednesday--Reform of Victorian Council.