Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1856 – Gold Wardens


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

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

Years:		1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880
		1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900

Bodies:

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1856 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens Crown Lands Chinese Protectorate

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Roles:

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1856 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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Gold Wardens (Wardens of the Gold Fields)

BB	Name	Title	D	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next
V1856	Amos, Gilbert Andrew	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Arnold, Thompson Graham	Sub Warden (Acting)	R	1856-01-01
V1856	Barnard, Edward Thomas	Sub Warden	R	1856-01-03
V1856	Brackenbury, Walter Charles	Warden	R	1855-12-21
V1856	Bull, John Edward Newell	Resident Warden	R	1855-07-01		Castlemaine District
V1856	Clow, James Maxwell	Sub Warden (Acting)	R	1856-01-01
V1856	Cogdon, John Montague	Sub Warden	R	1856-01-20
V1856	Crespigny, Philip Robert Champion	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Daly, James	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Doveton, Francis Crossman	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Dowling, Charles Cholmeley	Sub Warden	R	1856-01-21
V1856	Fenwick, William	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Gaunt, William Henry	Sub Warden	R	1856-01-01
V1856	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Jones, Francis	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph	Sub Warden	R	1856-07-10
V1856	Lowther, Gorges Macdonald	Sub Warden	R	1856-08-13
V1856	Mackenzie, Robert Cleghorne	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Mollison, Crawford	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Morphy, John Stephen	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Murray, Virginius	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Resident Warden	R	1855-07-01		Sandhurst District
V1856	Price, Matthew	Resident Warden	R	1856-02-01		Beechworth District	Turner.
V1856	Sherard, Charles Wale	Resident Warden	R	1855-07-01		Ballarat District
V1856	Shuter, Charles	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Smith, Alexander John	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01
V1856	Smith, Bernhard William	Sub Warden	R	1856-04-01			Taylor.
V1856	Taylor, James Grant	Sub Warden	R	1855-09-01	1856-04-14			Resigned.
V1856	Templeton, William	Resident Warden	R	1855-07-01		Avoca District
V1856	Thompson, George Agar	Sub Warden	R	1856-02-19
V1856	Turner, William	Resident Warden	R	1855-07-01	1856-01-31	Beechworth District		PM.
V1856	Willoby, William Allan	Sub Warden	R	1855-07-01

References

Sources

	Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1856; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1858 (VPARL 1858-1859, No 1 [BB1856].
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1856.

Updates

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