Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1855 – Gold Wardens

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1855 – Gold Wardens

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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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Comments

The Gold Commissioners’ Department was abolished on 30 June 1855 and replaced with the Gold Department.
William Henry Wright retained the redundant role of Chief Commissioner until the end of the year.

Gold Wardens (Wardens of the Gold Fields)

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1855Amos, Gilbert AndrewSub WardenR1855-07-01Ballarat
V1855Brackenbury, Walter CharlesSub WardenR1855-12-21Ballarat
V1855Bull, John Edward NewellResident WardenR1855-07-01Castlemaine District
V1855Bury, Frederick JohnSub WardenR1855-07-011855-07-18Resigned.
V1855Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionSub WardenR1855-07-01Castlemaine
V1855Daly, JamesSub WardenR1855-07-01Maryborough
V1855Doveton, Francis CrossmanSub WardenR1855-07-01
V1855Dowling, Charles CholmeleySub WardenR1855-07-01Hamilton
V1855Fenwick, WilliamSub WardenR1855-07-01
V1855Foster, William HenrySub WardenR1855-07-011855-08-31Inglewood CP.
V1855Gaunt, William HenrySub Warden (Acting)R1855-12-03Kilmore
V1855Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordSub WardenR1855-07-01
V1855Jones, FrancisSub WardenR1855-07-01Benalla
V1855Lowther, Gorges MacdonaldSub WardenR1855-07-011855-11-05GeelongSuspended.
V1855Mackenzie, Robert CleghorneSub WardenR1855-07-01Ballarat
V1855Mollison, CrawfordSub WardenR1855-07-01Blackwood
V1855Morphy, John StephenSub WardenR1855-07-01Echuca
V1855Murray, VirginiusSub WardenR1855-07-01Avoca
V1855Panton, Joseph AndersonResident WardenR1855-07-01Sandhurst District
V1855Sherard, Charles WaleResident WardenR1855-07-01Ballarat District
V1855Shuter, CharlesSub WardenR1855-07-01Geelong
V1855Smith, Alexander JohnSub WardenR1855-07-01Ballarat
V1855Smith, Bernhard WilliamGold Receiver (Acting)R1855-07-011855-09-10Melbourne CP.
V1855Taylor, James GrantSub WardenR1855-09-01Castlemaine
V1855Templeton, WilliamResident WardenR1855-07-01Avoca District
V1855Turner, WilliamResident WardenR1855-07-01Beechworth District
V1855Willoby, William AllanSub WardenR1855-07-01Melbourne
V1855Wright, William HenryChief CommissionerR1855-07-011855-12-31AvocaRedundant.

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.