Episode 2 of 3

Privy Council Declaration

When: 1865
Where: Privy Council
Part of: Queen Victoria grants Goulburn city status, Australia's first inland city

The Privy Council retrospectively declared the 1863 Letters Patent to have city status effects in 1865.

In 1865, the Judiciary Committee of the Privy Council made an absolute and retrospective declaration regarding the effect of the 1863 Letters Patent. This occurred during the Colenso Case, reinforcing the claim that Goulburn was a city.

Sources

Goulburn Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03

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