Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral)

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colonial legislature former legislative body unicameral legislature

The Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) was the former single-chamber colonial legislature of New South Wales that existed before the establishment of the current bicameral Parliament.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Legislative Council of New South Wales	0	1
New South Wales colonial legislature (for the area that became Queensland)	0	1
unicameral Legislative Council of New South Wales	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislature → former legislative body → unicameral legislature →
appliesToTerritory	New South Wales → surface form: New South Wales colony
category	Colonial government in Australia → Defunct legislatures → History of New South Wales →
chamberType	single chamber →
constitutionalForm	Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales) → surface form: colonial constitution of New South Wales
continent	Australia →
country	New South Wales → surface form: Colony of New South Wales
distinctFrom	Parliament of New South Wales → surface form: bicameral Parliament of New South Wales New South Wales Legislative Council → surface form: modern Legislative Council of New South Wales
followedBy	bicameral system in New South Wales →
function	advising the Governor of New South Wales → lawmaking →
governedBy	Governor of New South Wales →
governmentType	colonial representative government →
hasSuccessor	New South Wales Legislative Assembly → surface form: Legislative Assembly of New South Wales Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Legislative Council of New South Wales
historicalPeriod	colonial era of New South Wales →
isPartOfHistoryOf	Parliament of New South Wales → colonial history of Australia → political history of New South Wales →
jurisdiction	New South Wales →
languageOfWork	English →
legalAuthorityOver	residents of the Colony of New South Wales →
legalSystem	common law →
legislatedUnder	authority of the British Crown →
legislativeBodyFor	New South Wales →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of New South Wales →
legislativeProcess	passed colonial laws for New South Wales →
location	Sydney →
natureOfBody	colonial legislative council →
partOf	British colonial administration in Australia → Government of New South Wales →
politicalSystem	colonial parliamentary system →
reasonForReplacement	introduction of bicameral parliamentary system in New South Wales →
region	Australasian realm → surface form: Australasia
replacedBy	Parliament of New South Wales → bicameral Parliament of New South Wales →
roleInSystem	principal lawmaking body of the colony →
seatOfGovernment	Sydney →
status	defunct →
structure	unicameral →
subordinateTo	UK government → surface form: British Government
typeOfOrganization	governmental body → public authority →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) → hasSuccessor → Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of New South Wales

New South Wales Legislative Assembly → precededBy → Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) →

this entity surface form: unicameral Legislative Council of New South Wales

Parliament of New South Wales → precededBy → Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) →

Parliament of Queensland → precededBy → Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) →

this entity surface form: New South Wales colonial legislature (for the area that became Queensland)