Van Diemen's Land: Polity Style: 1825-1855
| 3 Dec 1825 | the island of Van Diemen's Land and adjacent territories are separated from New South Wales, and constituted and erected into a separate colony on 3 Dec 1825, the date of issuance of the proclamation in Hobart, publishing an Order in Council issued on 14 Jun 1825 under an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 11 Jul 1823, House of Lords on 16 Jul 1823 with amendments, House of Commons agreed on amendments on 18 Jul 1823, received royal assent on 19 Jul 1823) (UK Statutes, 1823-1824, pp. 505-515; Hobart Gazette, No. 501, 10 Dec 1825, p. 1; Australia Historical Records, Series 3, 4:304-306) [1] |
| 3 Dec 1825 - 31 Dec 1855 | Island of Van Diemen's Land |
| 1 Jan 1856 | the name of Tasmania is substituted for that of Van Diemen's Land as the designation of the Colony on 1 Jan 1856, the date appointed by an Order in Council approved on 21 Jul 1855 and communicated by a proclamation issued by command of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 26 Nov 1855 in Hobart (Hobart Gazette, No. 2089, 27 Nov 1855, p. 1301) |
- Full title: An Act to provide, until the first day of July, One thousand eight hundred and twenty Seven, and until the End of the next Session of Parliament, for the better Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof; and for other Purposes relating thereto.