Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – Chinese Protectors

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – Chinese Protectors

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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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Chinese Protectors (Protectors of the Chinese)

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1859Alley, James Henry CooperChinese Protector R1859-09-16Ongoing
V1859Amos, Gilbert AndrewChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingCreswick
V1859Anderson, Musgrave Wroughton(District) Chinese ProtectorR1859-03-06OngoingSandhurst District Standish.
V1859Arnold, Thompson GrahamChinese Protector R1858-02-081859-07-16 Died.
V1859Barnard, Edward ThomasChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Belcher, William RedmondChinese Protector R1859-05-16Ongoing Hanify. Coast Waiter.
V1859Bull, John Edward NewellChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingCastlemaine
V1859Carr, Charles WarburtonChinese Protector R1859-02-28Ongoing
V1859Clow, James MaxwellChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Cogdon, John MontagueChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingAmherst
V1859Daly, JamesChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Doveton, Francis CrossmanChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingHepburn
V1859Dowling, Charles CholmeleyChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Drummond, William Henry Murray(District) Chinese ProtectorR1857-08-17OngoingBeechworth District
V1859Eardley-Wilmot, Charles OctaviusChinese ProtectorR1859-04-28Ongoing
V1859Fenwick, WilliamChinese Protector R1858-12-06Ongoing On leave (12 months).
V1859Foster, William Henry(District) Chinese ProtectorR1855-09-01OngoingBallarat District
V1859Gaunt, William HenryChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Hamilton, John Prendergast(District) Chinese ProtectorR1855-07-01OngoingCastlemaine District PM Smythe's Creek.[01]
V1859Hanify, Michael John PageChinese Protector R1858-07-191859-09-16 Coast Waiter. CPS.
V1859Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Horne, Robert WintleChinese Protector R1859-06-14OngoingHeathcote
V1859Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingYackandandah
V1859Lowther, Gorges MacdonaldChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingSmythe's Creek
V1859Mackenzie, Robert CleghorneChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingMaldon
V1859McCrae, Andrew MurisonChinese Protector R1858-10-25OngoingKilmore
V1859Mollison, CrawfordChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingSandhurst
V1859Morphy, John StephenChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Murray, VirginiusChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingDunolly
V1859Panton, Joseph AndersonChinese Protector R1858-09-01TBDSandhurst On leave (12 months). Resigned.
V1859Pohlman, Frederick RoperChinese ProtectorR1859-07-251859-08-01OngoingWaranga Barnard.
V1859Price, MatthewChinese Protector R1858-02-081859-05-17Beechworth Resigned.
V1859Pyke, VincentChinese Protector R1858-11-011859-08-31 Resigned.
V1859Sherard, Charles WaleChinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingBallarat
V1859Shuter, CharlesChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Smith, Alexander JohnChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Smith, Bernhard WilliamChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Taylor, James GrantChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Templeton, William(District) Chinese Protector R1858-02-08OngoingAvoca
V1859Thompson, George AgarChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Webster, Graham(District) Chinese ProtectorR1856-03-20OngoingMaryborough District
V1859Wilkinson, JohnChinese Protector R1858-05-04Ongoing GR.
V1859Willoby, William AllanChinese Protector R1858-02-08Ongoing
V1859Wills, Alfred CurrieChinese Protector R1859-02-28OngoingOmeo

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ According to BB1860, Hamilton was appointed PM at Smythe's Creek on 1859-05-02, but paid as CP until 1860-06-30. However, the Mount Alexander Mail reported on 1860-12-59 that Hamilton had not acted as CP at Castlemaine since his appointment as PM and was not replaced.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1859; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1860 (VPARL 1859-1860, No 78) [BB1859].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1859.

Updates

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