Blue Book, Port Phillip District, 1843 – Crown Lands

Blue Book, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1843 – Commissioners of Crown Lands


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

Port Phillip District (1836-1851) Colony of Victoria (1851-1900) Victoria (1901-1929)

Years:

1831

1832

1833

1834

1835

Bodies:

1843 Courts of Petty Sessions Crown Lands

Roles:

1843 Commissioners

Explanations:

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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Commissioners of Crown Lands

BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
P1843	Addis, Edward Brown	(District) Commissioner	1840-12-29		R	1840-12-29	1840-12-29	Ongoing	Grant County
P1843	Airey, George Sherbrooke	(District) Commissioner	1841-07-08		R	1841-07-08	1841-07-08	Ongoing	Bourke County
P1843	Blair, James	(District) Commissioner	1843-08-31		R	1843-08-31	1843-08-31	Ongoing	Normanby County										[01]
P1843	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02		R	1840-07-01	1840-05-02	1843-08-31	Portland Bay District								CCL.
P1843	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02		R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	1843-09-01	Portland Bay District
P1843	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01		R	1840-07-01	1840-06-01	1843-09-12	Western Port District								CCL.
P1843	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01		R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Western Port District
P1843	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson	(District) Commissioner	1843-09-01		R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Murray District
P1843	Tyers, Charles James	(District) Commissioner	1843-09-01		R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Gipps Land District

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	Role was gazetted but does not appear in any of the NSW Blue Books. One source has him CCL from 1843-1846. It is possible that the role continued until at least 1851 as there is a note in Victoria BB1851 that he was also CCL.

Sources

	Returns of the Colony of New South Wales for the Year 1843; (Unpublished), Sydney, 1844 [NSW BB1843].
	Various issues of the New South Wales Government Gazette, 1843.

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2024-11-10

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