Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1857 – Gold Wardens

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1857 – Gold Wardens

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Roles:18561857 Gold Wardens1858
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)

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1857Amos, Gilbert AndrewSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Creswick
V1857Arnold, Thompson GrahamSub Warden (Acting) R1856-01-011857-12-31
V1857Barnard, Edward ThomasSub WardenR1856-01-031857-12-31Waranga
V1857Brackenbury, Walter CharlesWardenR1855-12-211857-12-31
V1857Bull, John Edward NewellResident WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Castlemaine District
V1857Clow, James MaxwellSub Warden (Acting) R1856-01-011857-12-31
V1857Cogdon, John MontagueSub WardenR1856-01-201857-12-31Buninyong
V1857Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31
V1857Daly, JamesSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31
V1857Doveton, Francis CrossmanSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Hepburn
V1857Dowling, Charles CholmeleySub WardenR1856-01-211857-12-31Beechworth GW.
V1857Dowling, Charles CholmeleyWardenR1857-07-061857-12-31Beechworth
V1857Fenwick, WilliamSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Dunolly
V1857Gaunt, William HenrySub WardenR1856-01-011857-12-31Woolshed
V1857Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Fryer's Creek
V1857Jones, FrancisSub WardenR1855-07-011857-10-22 Commissioner of Audit.
V1857Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephSub WardenR1856-07-101857-12-31Yackandandah
V1857Lowther, Gorges MacdonaldSub WardenR1856-08-131857-12-31
V1857Mackenzie, Robert CleghorneSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Maldon
V1857Mollison, CrawfordSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31
V1857Morphy, John StephenSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31
V1857Murray, VirginiusSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Dunolly
V1857Panton, Joseph AndersonResident WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Sandhurst District
V1857Price, MatthewResident WardenR1856-02-011857-12-31Beechworth District
V1857Sherard, Charles WaleResident WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Ballarat District
V1857Shuter, CharlesSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31
V1857Smith, Alexander JohnSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31
V1857Smith, Bernhard WilliamSub WardenR1856-04-011857-12-31
V1857Standish, Frederick CharlesSub Warden R1857-11-021857-11-031857-12-31
V1857Taylor, James GrantSub WardenR1857-07-011857-07-05 GW.[01]
V1857Taylor, James GrantWardenR1857-07-061857-12-31Avoca
V1857Templeton, WilliamResident WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Avoca District Maryborough District.[02]
V1857Thompson, George AgarSub WardenR1856-02-191857-12-31
V1857Willoby, William AllanSub WardenR1855-07-011857-12-31Raglan

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ This may be a confusion of title in BB1857.
02⇑ 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

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