Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1852 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1852 – Police Magistrates

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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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Police Magistrates

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1852Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1851-07-151851-07-011852-12-31Portland[01]
V1852Bunbury, Richard HanmerPolice Magistrate (Acting) RTBDTBD1852-01-31Williamstown Harbour Master. Resigned.
V1852Dana, Henry Edmund PulteneyPolice Magistrate (Acting) R1852-01-011852-01-31Mount Alexander Commandant, Native Police
V1852Eyre, Alfred JohnPolice Magistrate (Acting)R1851-12-201852-01-011852-12-31Buninyong Mair.
V1852Ferguson, CharlesPolice Magistrate (Acting) R1852-02-171852-02-171852-09-30Williamstown Bunbury. Harbour Master.
V1852Foster, HenryPolice MagistrateRTBD1852-11-041852-12-31Castleton R P Stewart. Ballarat.[02]
V1852Fyans, FosterPolice Magistrate1849-08-01R1851-07-151851-07-011852-12-31GeelongResigned.[03]
V1852Harper, George MitchellPolice MagistrateR1852-10-301852-10-291852-12-31May Day Hills Wangaratta.
V1852Lapham, SamuelPolice MagistrateR1852-06-111852-06-011852-12-31Mount Macedon Shadforth. Warrnambool.
V1852Lavender, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1852-03-161852-03-161852-12-31Swan Hill Kyneton.
V1852McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1851-09-021851-09-201852-12-31Alberton
V1852Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice Magistrate (inc Water)R1852-10-071852-10-011852-12-31Williamstown Ferguson.
V1852Plunkett, Christopher GeorgePolice MagistrateR1851-07-151851-07-011852-12-31Kilmore[04]
V1852Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice MagistrateR1852-01-161852-01-16 1852-05-10Mount Macedon Castlemaine.[05]
V1852Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice MagistrateR1852-05-111852-05-111852-12-31Castlemaine
V1852Stewart, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1851-09-161851-09-201852-12-31Belfast
V1852Stewart, Robert PettyPolice MagistrateR1852-05-111852-05-061852-11-04Castleton Lexton.[06]
V1852Stewart, Robert PettyPolice MagistrateR1852-10-261852-11-01 1852-12-31LextonResigned.

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Notes

Notes
01⇑ BB1852 has new from date 1836-02-01.
02⇑ Also listed as GC until the end of 1852, but it is uncertain whether he fulfilled both roles. If so, he was probably paid as a PM.
03⇑ BB1852 has new from date 1837.
04⇑ BB1852 has new from date 1851-02-25.
05⇑ Gazette notice has Kyneton.
06⇑ Gazette notice has Bendigo.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1852; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1853 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0002) [BB1852].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1852.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-30Page and content created.