Blue Book, Port Phillip District, 1849 – Crown Lands

Blue Book, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1849 – 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:

1849 Courts of Petty Sessions Crown Lands

Roles:

1849 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
P1849	Addis, Edward Brown	(District) Commissioner	1840-12-29		R	1840-12-29	1840-12-29	Ongoing	Grant County
P1849	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02		R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	1849-07-31	Portland Bay District									PM.
P1849	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner	1849-08-01		R	1849-07-26	1849-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District								Fyans.
P1849	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner (Acting)	1840-06-01		R	1849-01-01	1849-01-01	1849-03-05	Bourke County								St John.
P1849	Powlett, Frederick Armand	(District) Commissioner	1840-06-01		R	1846-11-09	1849-01-01	Ongoing	Western Port District								Returned from leave. Grimes.
P1849	Simpson, James	(District) Commissioner	1849-03-06		R	1849-05-10	1849-03-06	Ongoing	Bourke County								St John, Powlett.
P1849	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson	(District) Commissioner	1843-09-01		R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	Ongoing	Murray District
P1849	Tyers, Charles James	(District) Commissioner	1843-09-01		R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	Ongoing	Gipps Land District
P1849	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District

References

Sources

	Returns of the Colony of New South Wales for the Year 1849; (Unpublished), Sydney, 1850 [NSW BB1849].
	Various issues of the New South Wales Government Gazette, 1849.

Updates

2024-11-10

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