Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1854 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1854 – 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
V1854Arnold, Thompson GrahamPolice MagistrateR1854-09-151854-08-29OngoingHeathcote Hardy.
V1854Barnard, Edward ThomasPolice MagistrateR1854-05-181854-11-21Gisborne Thomson. Beechworth.
V1854Barnard, Edward ThomasPolice MagistrateR1854-11-22OngoingBeechworth Weston.
V1854Bell, EdwardPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011854-03-11Lexton CCL.
V1854Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011854-01-28Bourke County N A Fenwick, but cancelled.
V1854Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1854-01-29OngoingPortland
V1854Bonsey, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingGeelong [01]
V1854Carey, John Le MarchantPolice MagistrateR1854-01-01OngoingAlberton McCrae. Also Sub-Treasurer.
V1854Dewes (D'ewes), JohnPolice MagistrateR1854-01-011854-02-10Barrow's Inn Ballarat.
V1854Dewes (D'ewes), JohnPolice MagistrateR1854-02-111854-11-21Ballarat Henry Price.Dismissed.
V1854Eyre, Alfred JohnPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingBuninyong
V1854Fenwick, Nicholas AlexanderPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011854-03-12Bourke County Resigned.
V1854Fetherstonhaugh, CuthbertPolice MagistrateR1854-01-011854-08-09Buckland
V1854Fetherstonhaugh, CuthbertPolice MagistrateR1854-08-10OngoingHamilton
V1854Gilles, Lewis WilliamPolice MagistrateR1854-01-181854-02-15Hepburn
V1854Gilles, Lewis WilliamPolice MagistrateR1854-02-16OngoingWarrnambool McCrae.
V1854Gray, William NairnPolice MagistrateR1853-01-011854-06-11The Grange Died,
V1854Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1854-04-241854-05-01OngoingCastlemaine Harriott. Also Maldon.[02]
V1854Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice Magistrate R1854-10-28OngoingMaldon J S Smith. Also Castlemaine.
V1854Hardy, Philip Dixon HallPolice MagistrateR1854-01-011854-08-19Heathcote Haggitt. Carisbrook.
V1854Hardy, Philip Dixon HallPolice MagistrateR1854-08-20OngoingCarisbrookAlso Deputy Sheriff.
V1854Harper, George MitchellPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingWangaratta[03]
V1854Harriott, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1854-01-011854Castlemaine Shadforth.Resigned.[04]
V1854Harrison, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1854-11-25OngoingGisborne Barnard.
V1854Lavender, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingKynetonAlso Deputy Sheriff.[05]
V1854McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1854-01-011854-03-05Warrnambool
V1854McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1854-03-061854-08-30Hepburn Gilles. Creswick.
V1854McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1854-08-31OngoingCreswick
V1854McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1853-03-29OngoingSandhurst[06]
V1854Noel, Wriothesley BaptistPolice MagistrateR1853-02-06OngoingKilmoreAlso Deputy Sheriff.
V1854Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1854-07-28OngoingAvoca
V1854Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingWilliamstown
V1854Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-05-26OngoingBenalla
V1854Plunkett, Christopher GeorgePolice MagistrateR1853-01-01TBDSwan Hill[07]
V1854Price, MatthewPolice MagistrateR1854-01-011854-02-21Portland Blair, but cancelled.
V1854Price, MatthewPolice MagistrateR1854-02-22OngoingBourke County N A Fenwick.
V1854Smith, John SpencerPolice MagistrateR1854-02-081854-03-08Amherst
V1854Smith, John SpencerPolice MagistrateR1854-03-09TBDMaldonResigned.
V1854Stewart, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingBelfastAlso Sheriff.
V1854Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice MagistrateR1853-04-01OngoingWilliamstown[08]
V1854Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1853-02-071854-05Gisborne [09]
V1854Tyers, Charles JamesPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingSale
V1854Vignoles, SamuelPolice Magistrate (Assistant)R1854-09-20OngoingMelbourneAlso Bourke County.
V1854Weston, Charles CorriePolice MagistrateR1853-12-311854-11-21Beechworth Campbell. Ballarat.[10]
V1854Weston, Charles CorriePolice MagistrateR1854-11-22OngoingBallarat Dewes. Also Deputy Sheriff.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Or 1853-01-13.
02⇑ BB1854 has January 1854.
03⇑ When moved? Absent 1854-04-01 to 1854-06-30.
04⇑ BB1854 confusingly has March 1853.
05⇑ BB1854 notes that he was also CCL, but no other evidence for this.
06⇑ Originally 1853-02-09.
07⇑ Uncertain when Plunkett was made redundant.
08⇑ BB1854 and BB1855 have 1850-01-01 for appointment Stipendiary/Resident Magistrate.
09⇑ Appointed paid CCL and succeeded by Barnard, though his CCL entry has PM 1854-03-01 to 1854-12-31.
10⇑ BB1854 has 1854-06.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1854; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1855 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0004) [BB1854].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1854.

Updates

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