Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1857 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1857 – 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
V1857Amos, Gilbert AndrewPolice Magistrate R1857-06-01OngoingCreswick
V1857Arnold, Thompson GrahamPolice MagistrateR1854-08-30OngoingHeathcote [01]
V1857Barnard, Edward ThomasPolice Magistrate R1857-05-26OngoingWaranga
V1857Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1854-01-29OngoingPortlandAlso GR, Sheriff.
V1857Bonsey, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-29OngoingGeelong
V1857Carey, John Le MarchantPolice MagistrateR1854-01-01OngoingAlberton
V1857Clow, James MaxwellPolice MagistrateR1856-05-05OngoingSteiglitz Also Acting Sub Warden.
V1857Cogdon, John MontaguePolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingBuninyong
V1857Doveton, Francis CrossmanPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingHepburn
V1857Dowling, Charles CholmeleyPolice Magistrate R1857-08-14OngoingBeechworth [02]
V1857Fenwick, WilliamPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingDunolly
V1857Fetherstonhaugh, CuthbertPolice MagistrateR1854-08-10OngoingHamilton
V1857Gaunt, William HenryPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingWoolshed
V1857Gilles, Lewis WilliamPolice MagistrateR1854-02-16OngoingWarrnambool
V1857Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1855-10-01OngoingBourke County
V1857Hardy, Philip Dixon HallPolice MagistrateR1854-08-271857-12MaryboroughResigned.
V1857Harrison, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1855-09-25OngoingCastlemaineTBC[03]
V1857Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordPolice Magistrate R1857-07-22OngoingFryer's Creek
V1857Kelly, JohnPolice Magistrate R1857-11-181857-12-31Echuca PM Deniliquin NSW.
V1857Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingYackandandah
V1857Lavender, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1852-03-16OngoingKyneton
V1857Lowther, Gorges MacdonaldPolice Magistrate R1857-05-26OngoingSmythe's Creek
V1857Mackenzie, Robert CleghornePolice Magistrate R1857-07-22OngoingMaldon
V1857McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1854-08-31OngoingCreswick Dunolly.
V1857McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1857-06-09OngoingDunolly Kilmore.
V1857McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1857-09-15OngoingKilmore Vignoles.
V1857McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1853-03-29OngoingSandhurst
V1857Murray, VirginiusPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingDunolly
V1857Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1854-08-01OngoingAmherst
V1857Panton, Joseph AndersonPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingSandhurst
V1857Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice MagistrateR1852-10-011857-12-31Williamstown Swan Hill.
V1857Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-05-26OngoingBenalla
V1857Price, MatthewPolice Magistrate R1857-08-14Ongoing [04]
V1857Robertson, Alexander Philadelphia LambPolice Magistrate R1857-12-171857-12-17OngoingQueenscliff Health Officer.
V1857Shuter, CharlesPolice Magistrate R1855-07-01OngoingMount Blackwood
V1857Stewart, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1851-07-01OngoingBelfastAlso Deputy Sheriff.
V1857Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyResident MagistrateR1850-01-01OngoingMelbourne
V1857Thompson, George AgarPolice Magistrate R1857-12-08OngoingMaryborough Hardy.
V1857Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1853-02-07OngoingGisborne
V1857Turner, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1856-05-09OngoingBallarat Secretary, Post Office.
V1857Tyers, Charles JamesPolice MagistrateR1853-01-01OngoingSale
V1857Vignoles, SamuelPolice MagistrateR1855-11-131857-08Kilmore Relieved of duties. Died 1857-08-28.
V1857Weston, Charles CorriePolice MagistrateR1856-04-181857-07-05Raglan
V1857Weston, Charles CorriePolice MagistrateR1857-07-06OngoingArarat
V1857Willoby, William AllanPolice Magistrate R1857-06-201857-06-20OngoingRaglan Weston.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Appointment date previously 1854-08-29.
02⇑ I have not found his appointment, but he appears on a list of PMs in the Government Gazette 1857-08-18.
03⇑ Not listed in BB1857 and BB1858, but in 1857-08-17 PM list and back in BB1859.
04⇑ I have not found his appointment, but he appears on a list of PMs in the Government Gazette 1857-08-18.

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.

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