Blue Book, Port Phillip District, 1850 – Crown Lands

Blue Book, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1850 – Commissioners of Crown Lands

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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

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
P1850Addis, Edward Brown(District) Commissioner1840-12-29R1840-12-291840-12-29OngoingGrant County
P1850Gray, William Nairn(District) Commissioner1849-08-01R1849-07-261849-08-01OngoingPortland Bay District
P1850Powlett, Frederick Armand(District) Commissioner1840-06-01R1846-11-091849-01-01OngoingWestern Port District
P1850Simpson, James(District) Commissioner1849-03-06R1849-05-101849-03-06OngoingBourke County
P1850Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson(District) Commissioner1843-09-01R1846-11-091846-11-09OngoingMurray District
P1850Tyers, Charles James(District) Commissioner1843-09-01R1846-11-091846-11-09OngoingGipps Land District
P1850Wright, William Henry(District) Commissioner1846-12-01R1846-11-261846-12-01OngoingWimmera District

References

Sources

Returns of the Colony of New South Wales for the Year 1850; (Unpublished), Sydney, 1851 [NSW BB1850].
Various issues of the New South Wales Government Gazette, 1850.

Updates

2024-11-10Page created.