Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1855 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1855 – 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
V1855Arnold, Thompson GrahamPolice MagistrateR1854-08-29OngoingHeathcote
V1855Barnard, Edward ThomasPolice MagistrateR1854-11-22TBDBeechworth
V1855Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1854-01-29OngoingPortland
V1855Bonsey, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingGeelong
V1855Carey, John Le MarchantPolice MagistrateR1854-01-01OngoingAlberton
V1855Clow, James MaxwellPolice MagistrateR1855-10-15OngoingRaglan
V1855Fetherstonhaugh, CuthbertPolice MagistrateR1854-08-10OngoingHamilton
V1855Gilles, Lewis WilliamPolice MagistrateR1854-02-14OngoingWarrnambool
V1855Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1854-05-011855-09-30Castlemaine Bourke County.
V1855Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1855-10-051855-10-01OngoingBourke County Noel.
V1855Hardy, Philip Dixon HallPolice MagistrateR1854-08-27OngoingMaryboroughAlso Carisbrook., Alma.
V1855Hardy, Philip Dixon HallPolice MagistrateRCarisbrookAlso Maryborough., Alma.
V1855Hardy, Philip Dixon HallPolice MagistrateRAlmaAlso Maryborough., Carisbrook.
V1855Harper, George MitchellPolice MagistrateR1852-10-29OngoingWangaratta
V1855Harrison, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1854-11-25OngoingGisborne Maldon.
V1855Harrison, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1855-09-26OngoingCastlemaine Hackett.
V1855Lavender, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1852-03-16OngoingKyneton
V1855McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1854-08OngoingCreswick
V1855McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1853-03-29OngoingSandhurst
V1855Noel, Wriothesley BaptistPolice MagistrateRBourke CountyResigned.
V1855Noel, Wriothesley BaptistPolice MagistrateRKilmore
V1855Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1854-07-28OngoingAvoca
V1855Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1855-08-28OngoingAmherst
V1855Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanWater Police MagistrateR1852-10-01OngoingWilliamstown
V1855Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-05-26OngoingBenalla
V1855Price, MatthewPolice MagistrateR1855-01-12OngoingKilmore Noel.
V1855Shuter, CharlesPolice MagistrateR1855-06-28OngoingBlackwood Barnard.
V1855Stewart, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1851-07-01OngoingBelfast
V1855Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyResident MagistrateR1850-01-01OngoingMelbourne
V1855Turner, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1855-09OngoingBeechworth
V1855Tyers, Charles JamesPolice MagistrateR1853-02-07OngoingSale
V1855Vignoles, SamuelAssistant Police MagistrateR1854-09-201855-11-13MelbourneAlso Bourke County. Ballarat.
V1855Vignoles, SamuelPolice MagistrateR1855-11-151855-11-13OngoingBallarat Weston.
V1855Weston, Charles CorriePolice MagistrateROngoingBallaratAlso Deputy Sheriff.
V1855Weston, Charles CorrieAssistant Police MagistrateR1855-11-15OngoingMelbourne Vignoles.

References

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1855; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1856 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0005) [BB1855].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1855.

Updates

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