Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kirkiro Majalisar Birnin Melbourne a 1847, kuma ɗayan ɗayan ƙauyuka kuma sun sami matsayin gari, tare da majalisun gari da magajin gari. A shekara ta 1851 Majalisar Dokoki da aka zaɓa ta jam'iyyar, wacce ke da rinjaye ta hanyar sha'awar mallaka, ta yi adawa da ra'ayin zaɓe na gama gari da kuma rawar Majalisar Dokoki. A watan Disamba na 1854 rashin jin daɗin tsarin lasisi a kan filayen zinariya ya haifar da tashin hankali a Eureka Stockade, ɗayan 'yan tawaye biyu kawai a cikin tarihin Ostiraliya (ɗayan kuma shine Castle Hill wanda aka yanke masa hukunci
na 1804).