The island was further divided into two administrative regions along the 42nd parallel, with the Lieutenant Governor governing the south at Hobart and a commandant in the north at Port Dalrymple (now George Town).

[5] The Legislative Council was expanded to 24 members in 1851 after the British Parliament passed the Australian Constitutions Act 1850 (UK).

16 members would be elected by the white men of the colony who met the property ownership qualifications, while 8 would remain appointed.

It also authorised the Council to write a Constitution for the colony that incorporated the concepts of responsible and representative government.

This new constitution would create a bicameral Parliament, which retained the Legislative Council, with 15 members elected on a rotating 3 year basis.

[6] In 1856 following a successful petition by the Legislative Council to the Queen, the Colony was renamed from Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.

[9] In 1903, Tasmania amended its constitution to introduce universal female suffrage, though women did not gain the right to stand for the State Parliament until 1921.

The newly amended bill was resubmitted to the colonies for approval in 1899-1900 (this time including Queensland and Western Australia).

This included electoral qualifications, membership of the houses, rules on appropriations, public salaries and appointments, the status and demise of the crown, and the conduct of elections.

Meaning that until 1986, Tasmania remained a dependency of the British Crown while the Federal layer was effectively entirely independent from the United Kingdom.

[14] The reason this arrangement persisted for so long was that the States continued to claim that they were co-sovereign and coequal to the Commonwealth Government.

This claim would continue to be denied by successive Commonwealth Governments who viewed themselves as the sole possessors of Australian sovereignty.

Meaning that the States had greater trust in the United Kingdom to be responsible for its affairs than the Commonwealth Government.

This part deals with the short title of the Constitution Act and also provides definitions for key terms used later on.

According to constitutional convention, this chamber is where a party or coalition must form a majority in order to control the executive government.

This division provides some of the qualifications in order to vote for Parliament, although it also recognises there may be further requirements in the Electoral Act 2004.

This power of the Governor is exercised on the advice of Ministers, so effectively this means that Money Bills can only be implemented with the consent of the executive government.

Almost the entire Constitution Act is unentrenched, meaning the Tasmanian Parliament may amend it with a simple majority of both houses.