Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1857 – Chinese Protectors

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1857 – Chinese Protectors


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:

1857 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens Crown Lands Chinese Protectorate

Roles:

1857 Chinese Protectors

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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Chinese Protectors (Protectors of the Chinese)

BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
V1857	Dowling, Charles Cholmeley	Chinese Protector			R		1857-07-06	Ongoing
V1857	Drummond, William Henry Murray	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1857-08-17	Ongoing	Beechworth District
V1857	Foster, William Henry	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-09-01	Ongoing	Ballarat District
V1857	Gaunt, William Henry	Chinese Protector			R		1856-08-13	Ongoing
V1857	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01	Ongoing	Castlemaine District
V1857	Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph	Chinese Protector			R		1856-08-13	Ongoing	Yackandandah
V1857	Morphy, John Stephen	Chinese Protector			R		1856-08-13	Ongoing
V1857	Standish, Frederick Charles	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-05-01	Ongoing	Sandhurst District
V1857	Webster, Graham	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1856-03-20	1857-12-31	Avoca District									Maryborough District.	[01]

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	Avoca Mining District was absorbed into the new Maryborough Mining District on 4 January 1858.

Sources

	Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1857; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1859 (VPARL 1858-1859, No 46) [BB1857].
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1857.

Updates

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