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Potential articles if sources were found - less important

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Historical conservative parties timelines by state (for working out what we don't have)

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New South Wales

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Queensland

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South Australia (complete)

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Tasmania

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Victoria

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Western Australia

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  • 1890s - "Ministerialist" faction supporting John Forrest and "Opposition" faction supporting George Randell (who joined the ministry in 1898) then George Leake
  • 1901-1905 - confused period of multiple factions with George Throssell and Frederick Henry Piesse seemingly heading the previous followers of Forrest, and Walter James heading Leake's. Alf Morgans, a former Forrest minister, put together a brief ministry between Leake's.
  • 1905-1911 "Ministerialists" following ministries headed by Hector Rason, Newton Moore and Frank Wilson, Labor now main opposition
  • 1911 Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–17) formed by ex-Ministerialists
  • 1914 Country Party formed, supported by the Farmers and Settlers' Association
  • 1917 Nationalist Party including distinct National Liberal faction, absorbed Liberals
  • 1917 National Labor Party formed by breakaway from Labor, kept a separate identity longer than at federal level
  • 1920 Farmers and Settlers' Association renamed "Primary Producers' Association"
  • 1923: Country Party splits between Majority Country Party (pro coalition splinter) and Executive Country Party (anti-coalition rump who continued as the Country Party)
  • c1924 United Party (fusion of Nationalists, National Labor and Majority Country); used the name in 1927 election but seems to have reverted to "Nationalist Party" by 1930
  • 1944 Primary Producers' Association withdraws from party politics, Country Party establishes its own supporting organisation
  • 1945 Nationalist Party becomes Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
  • 1946 Country Party renames itself "Country and Democratic League"
  • 1949 Liberal Party renames itself "Liberal and Country League"; unlike SA party of the same name this is not a merger
  • 1949 Country and Democratic League reverts name to "Country Party", although the organisation doesn't make the same change until 1961
  • 1968 Liberal and Country League changes name to Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
  • 1974 National Alliance temporary merger of Country Party and Democratic Labor Party
  • 1974 Alliance collapses, Country Party renames itself "National Country Party"
  • 1978 National Country Party splits; breakaway anti-coalition "National Party" formed
  • 1984 (organisation)/1985 (parliamentary party) National Country Party and National Party reunite under name "National Party"