Blue Book, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1837 – Commissioners of Crown Lands

Columns:	R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
	PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time.

Roles:	= Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
	= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
	= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.

Abbreviations:	BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
	GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
	FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.

Appointments:	= Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
	= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
	British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.

Assignments:	The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.

Sources (S, S1, S2):	= Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
	= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
	= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.

Other Symbols:	= External link.

Dates:	Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
	"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.

Unconfirmed:	All text in magenta is unconfirmed.

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Comments

After a brief visit to Melbourne with Governor Richard Bourke in March 1837, Robert Hoddle moved to Port Phillip in May 1837 to take up the role of Surveyor. Like his subordinates, Robert Russell and Frederick Robert D’Arcy, Hoddle was appointed a Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Colony of New South Wales.

The NSW Blue Book 1837 notes that Russell and D’Arcy resigned as surveyors on 13 August 1837 and 30 September 1837, respectively. The NSW Blue Book 1838, however, notes that D’Arcy was “discontinued” on 31 January 1838.

Commissioners of Crown Lands

BB	Name	Title	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next
P1837	Batman, Henry	Commissioner	R	1837-05-01	1837-05-01	Ongoing	Port Phillip District	Chief/District Constable.
P1837	D'Arcy, Frederick Robert	Commissioner	R	1836-09-20	1836-09-20	1837-09-30	Port Phillip District	Assistant Surveyor.	Resigned.
P1837	Hoddle, Robert	Commissioner	R	1837-05-07	1837-05-07	1838?	Port Phillip District	Surveyor.
P1837	Russell, Robert	Commissioner	R	1836-09-20	1836-09-20	1837-08-13	Port Phillip District	Assistant Surveyor.	Resigned.

References

Sources

	Returns of the Colony of New South Wales for the Year 1837; (Unpublished), Sydney, 1838 [NSW BB1837].
	Various issues of the New South Wales Government Gazette, 1837.

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2024-11-10

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