ON 11 NOVEMBER 1903, the High Court of Australia delivered it’s first decision in the case of Dalgarno v Hannah [1903] HCA 1; (1903) 1 CLR 1 (11 November 1903).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1903/1.html
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ON 11 NOVEMBER 1903, the High Court of Australia delivered it’s first decision in the case of Dalgarno v Hannah [1903] HCA 1; (1903) 1 CLR 1 (11 November 1903).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1903/1.html
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ON 6 OCTOBER 1903, the High Court of Australia sat for the first time in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne.
http://www.hcourt.gov.au/about/history

ON 25 AUGUST 1903, the Commonwealth Judiciary Act 1903 was enacted.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ja1903112/
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ON THIS DAY in 1903, the phrase “the man on the Clapham omnibus” was first used in a judgment of Collins MR in McQuire v Western Morning News Co Ltd [1903] 2 KB 100 (CA) at 109.
ON 1 JUNE 1959, the Commonwealth Immigration Restriction Act 1901 was repealed by the Migration Act 1958.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/ira190117o1901323/
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ma1958118/
The repeal was a significant legislative step in the dismantling of the White Australia Policy.
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ON 15 JANUARY 1901, the English Court of Appeal delivered Upperton v Ridley [1901] 1 QB.
The court considered whether or not extra remuneration for a constable appointed to attend permanently on special duty at the House of Lords formed part of his “annual pay”, at the date of retirement, for the calculation of his pension.
It was held that the extra remuneration did not form part of the “pay” for the calculation of the pension because commissioners were under no obligation to pay the additional amount.
The decision supports the principle that “pay” does not include amounts that the employer is under no obligation to pay and that the worker has no right to recover.
Sydney, Australia
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ON THIS DAY in 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia came into existence with the commencement of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/coaca430
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ON THIS DAY in 1901, the NSW Oaths Act 1900 commenced.
ON 31 OCTOBER 1900, the NSW Crimes Act 1900 commenced.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca190082
Sydney, Australia
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ON 27 JULY 1898, the NSW Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 was enacted. The Act was renamed the Probate Administration Act 1898 in 2008, with part of the Act becoming the Succession Act 2006.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/paaa1898259
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sa2006138
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