Seat of Government Act 1904

Seat of Government Act 1904
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Parliament of Australia
Assented to15 August 1904
Repealed14 December 1908
Introduced byWatson Government
Related legislation
Seat of Government Act 1908
Status: Repealed

The Seat of Government Act 1904 was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which provided that the "seat of government of the Commonwealth" (i.e., the national capital) should be within 17 miles (27 km) of Dalgety, New South Wales.

The site turned out to be unacceptable to the Government of New South Wales, due partly to its distance from Sydney and proximity to Victoria. The Act was repealed in 1908 by the Seat of Government Act 1908 which selected Canberra as the new site for the territory.

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