Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1852 – Gold Commissioners


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

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		1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900

Bodies:

1851

1852 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Commission Crown Lands

1853

Roles:

1851

1852 Gold Commissioners

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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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Gold Commissioners (Commissioners of Crown Lands for the Gold Fields)

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next	FN
V1852	Addis, Edward Brown	Commissioner	1851-10-02	R	1851-10-02	1851-10-02	TBD	Grant County	Also CCL.		[01]
V1852	Armstrong, David	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-10-31	1852-02-01	1852-03-31			Police 1852-07-31.	[02]
V1852	Baxter, Benjamin	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-10-30	1851-10-29	1852-09-30			Resigned.
V1852	Brackenbury, Walter Charles	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-11-30	1852-11-24	1852-12-31
V1852	Bull, John Edward Newell	Resident Commissioner		R	1852-10-09	1852-10-09	Ongoing
V1852	Clow, James Maxwell	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-02-14	1852-02-16	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Cockburn, Owsley Rowley	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-12-29	1852-01-01	1852-12-31
V1852	Cooke, Samuel John	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-04-28	1852-05-01	1852-12-31			Sub-Treasurer 1853-01-25.
V1852	Crespigny, Philip Robert Champion	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-11-18	1852-11-22	1852-12-31				[03]
V1852	Cruickshank, Charles Edward	Assistant Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-11-01	1852-12-31
V1852	Dane, John	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-12-06	1852-01-01	1852-02-03			Resigned.
V1852	Doveton, Francis Crossman	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-08-21	1851-08-19	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.	[04]
V1852	Eyre, Alfred John	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-12-20	1851-12-20	Ongoing	Buninyong
V1852	Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander	Resident Commissioner (Acting)	1851-08-08	R	1851-08-08	1851-08-08	1852-02-18	Bourke County	Also CCL.		[05]
V1852	Fenwick, William	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-04-28	1852-05-01	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Fletcher, John	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-11-17	1851-11-28	1852-06-30	Gold District
V1852	Foster, Henry	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-04	1852-10-04	1852-12-31				[06]
V1852	Gilbert, George Alexander	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-02-14	1852-02-16	1852-12-31
V1852	Gray, William Nairn	Commissioner	1851-10-02	R	1851-10-02	1851-10-02	TBD	Portland Bay District	Also CCL.		[07]
V1852	Green, John	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-11-29	1852-12-01	1852-12-31				[08]
V1852	Hall, Charles Browning	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-08-11	1852-08-28	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-11-30	1852-12-01	1852-12-31
V1852	Hutton, Francis Frederick	Assistant Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-11-01	1852-11-30			Resigned.
V1852	Jacomb Hood, John Kemp	Assistant Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-12-20	1852-12-31
V1852	Jones, Francis	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-27						[09]
V1852	Kingdon, Samuel	Assistant Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-06-12	1852-10-18			Resigned.
V1852	Lydiard, Charles John Pitfield	Assistant Commissioner		R	1851-10-30	1851-10-29	1852-03-31			Gold Escort	[10]
V1852	Maclean, Mordaunt	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-03-30	1852-04-01	1852-06-05	Ballarat		Resigned.
V1852	Meyer, Edwin	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-19	1852-10-19	1852-12-31		Kingdon.
V1852	Morphy, John Stephen	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-30	1852-11-05	1852-12-31				[11]
V1852	Mostyn, Henry "Harry" Porter	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-04	1852-10-02	1852-12-31
V1852	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Assistant Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-05-29	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Powlett, Frederick Armand	Commissioner	1851-10-02	R	1851-10-02	1851-10-02	1852-02-17	Western Port District	Also CCL.
V1852	Puckle, Frederick Hale	Assistant Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-12-20	1852-12-31
V1852	Rawnsley, Henry Charles	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-03-01	1852-03-01	1852-04-30			Dismissed.
V1852	Rede, Robert William	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-09	1852-10-09	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Reynell, Alfred	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-06-01	1852-06-01	Ongoing		by South Australia.
V1852	Rudston Read, Charles	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-05-20	1852-05-25	1852-12-31
V1852	Sherard, Charles Wale	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-28	1852-11-01	1852-12-31				[12]
V1852	Smythe, George Douglas	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-02-14	1852-02-14	1852-08-31			Resigned.
V1852	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson	Resident Commissioner (Acting)		R	1851-10-02	1852-01-01	1852-10-31	Murray District	Also CCL.		[13]
V1852	Smythe, Henry Wilson Hutchinson	Resident Commissioner		R	TBD	1852-11-01	Ongoing
V1852	Symonds, Edward Stace	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-05-11	1852-04-24	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Thomson, John Campbell	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-03-01	1852-03-01	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Turner, William	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-10-04	1852-10-01	1852-12-31			Senior Assistant GC.
V1852	Tyers, Charles James	Commissioner	1851-10-02	R	1851-10-02	1851-10-02	TBD	Gipps Land District	Also CCL.		[14]
V1852	Willoby, William Allan	Assistant Commissioner		R	1852-11-03	1852-11-16	1852-12-31				[15]
V1852	Wright, William Henry	Commissioner		R	1851-10-02	1851-10-02	1852-02-17	Wimmera District	Also CCL.	Acting Resident GC.	[16]
V1852	Wright, William Henry	Resident Commissioner (Acting)		R	1851-10-02	1852-02-18	1852-04-30		Powlett.	Chief GC.
V1852	Wright, William Henry	Chief Commissioner		R	1852-05-18	1852-05-01	Ongoing		Also CCL until 1852-06-30.

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	It is unclear how long Addis, Gray, and Tyers retained the GC duties. It is unlikely to be past the end of 1852.
02⇑	BB1852 has new from date 1852-02-01.
03⇑	Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
04⇑	BB1852 has from date 1851.
05⇑	Retroactively considered Acting Resident Commissioner.
06⇑	Also listed as PM until the end of 1852, but it is uncertain whether he fulfilled both roles.
07⇑	It is unclear how long Addis, Gray, and Tyers retained the GC duties. It is unlikely to be past the end of 1852
08⇑	Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
09⇑	Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
10⇑	BB1852 has new from date 1851-10-29.
11⇑	Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
12⇑	Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
13⇑	Retroactively considered Acting Resident Commissioner.
14⇑	It is unclear how long Addis, Gray, and Tyers retained the GC duties. It is unlikely to be past the end of 1852
15⇑	Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
16⇑	Retroactively considered Acting Resident Commissioner.

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.

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