Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – 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
V1859Amos, Gilbert AndrewPolice MagistrateR1857-06-01OngoingCreswick
V1859Arnold, Thompson GrahamPolice MagistrateR1854-08-301859-05-31Heathcote Resident GW.
V1859Atkins, Heyward St LegerPolice MagistrateR1858-01-25OngoingBelvoir PM Albury NSW.
V1859Barnard, Edward ThomasPolice MagistrateR1857-05-261857-05-26OngoingWaranga Resident GW.
V1859Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1854-01-291859-04-05Portland
V1859Blair, JamesPolice MagistrateR1859-04-06OngoingPortlandOn leave.
V1859Bonsey, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1853-01-29OngoingGeelong
V1859Call, FrederickPolice MagistrateR1858-01-07OngoingMaryborough
V1859Carey, John Le MarchantPolice MagistrateR1858-06-07OngoingSale
V1859Carr, Charles WarburtonPolice MagistrateR1858-06-21Ongoing
V1859Clissold, Stephen ThomasPolice MagistrateR1858-01-07OngoingBallarat
V1859Clow, James MaxwellPolice MagistrateR1856-05-05OngoingSteiglitz
V1859Cogdon, John MontaguePolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingRaglan
V1859Crawford, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1858-01-07OngoingWilliamstown
V1859Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionPolice MagistrateR1859-02-21OngoingAmherst
V1859Daly, JamesPolice MagistrateR1858-08-16OngoingBallarat East[01]
V1859Doveton, Francis CrossmanPolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingHepburn
V1859Dowling, Charles CholmeleyPolice MagistrateR1857-08-14OngoingBeechworth[02]
V1859Eardley-Wilmot, Charles OctaviusPolice MagistrateR1859-06-061859-05-30OngoingArarat
V1859Fenwick, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingOn leave (12 months).
V1859Fetherstonhaugh, CuthbertPolice MagistrateR1854-08-10OngoingHamilton
V1859Gaunt, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingWoolshed
V1859Gilles, Lewis WilliamPolice MagistrateR1854-02-16OngoingWarrnambool
V1859Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1858-02-15TBDMelbourne Bourke County.
V1859Hackett, Charles PrendergastPolice MagistrateRTBDOngoingBourke County Martin.
V1859Hamilton, John PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1859-05-02OngoingSmythe's Creek
V1859Harrison, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1855-09-25OngoingCastlemaine
V1859Hedley, George DixonPolice MagistrateR1859-04-15OngoingPalmerston Tyers.
V1859Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordPolice MagistrateR1857-07-22OngoingFryer's Creek
V1859Horne, Robert WintlePolice MagistrateR1859-05-30OngoingHeathcote Arnold.
V1859Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephPolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingYackandandah
V1859Lavender, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1852-03-16OngoingKyneton
V1859Lowther, Gorges MacdonaldPolice MagistrateR1857-05-261857-05-26OngoingSmythe's Creek
V1859Mackenzie, Robert CleghornePolice MagistrateR1857-07-22OngoingMaldon
V1859Manning, EdwardPolice Magistrate (Acting)R1859-04-06OngoingPortland Blair.
V1859Martin, SeptimusPolice MagistrateR1858-02-151859Bourke County
V1859McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice MagistrateR1857-09-15OngoingKilmore
V1859McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1853-03-29OngoingSandhurst
V1859Murray, VirginiusPolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingDunolly
V1859Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1854-08-01OngoingAvoca
V1859O'Sullivan, MatthewPolice MagistrateR1859-08-15OngoingBenalla Piper (on leave).
V1859Panton, Joseph AndersonPolice MagistrateR1858-09-01TBDSandhurstOn leave (12 months). Resigned.
V1859Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice MagistrateR1858-01-07OngoingSwan Hill
V1859Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1853-05-261859-08-14Benalla
V1859Piper, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1859-08-15OngoingBenallaOn leave.
V1859Pohlman, Frederick RoperPolice MagistrateR1859-08-091859-08-09OngoingWaranga Barnard.
V1859Price, MatthewPolice MagistrateR1857-08-141859-05-17BeechworthResigned.[03]
V1859Robertson, Alexander Philadelphia LambPolice MagistrateR1857-12-171857-12-17OngoingQueenscliff Health Officer.
V1859Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice MagistrateR1858-01-07OngoingWangaratta
V1859Shuter, CharlesPolice MagistrateR1855-07-01OngoingMount Blackwood
V1859Stewart, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1851-07-01OngoingBelfast
V1859Strutt, Charles EdwardPolice MagistrateR1858-01-07OngoingEchuca
V1859Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice MagistrateR1858-02-151859MelbourneOn leave.
V1859Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice MagistrateR1859OngoingMelbourne Hackett.
V1859Symons, GeorgePolice Magistrate (Acting)R1859-01-311859-01-31TBDFitzroy MarketFor creation of market.
V1859Templeton, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1858-06-14OngoingAvoca
V1859Thompson, George AgarPolice MagistrateR1857-12-08OngoingMaryborough
V1859Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1853-02-07OngoingGisborne
V1859Tyers, Charles JamesPolice MagistrateR1858-06-071859-04-26Palmerston CCL.
V1859Webster, GrahamPolice MagistrateR1858-06-14OngoingAvoca
V1859Weston, Charles CorriePolice MagistrateR1857-07-06OngoingArarat
V1859Willoby, William AllanPolice MagistrateR1857-06-20OngoingRaglan
V1859Wills, Alfred CurriePolice MagistrateR1858-02-08OngoingOmeo

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑May have ceased being GW and CP when appointed PM, though BB1858 lists him as such. BB1859 has him paid as PM and not flagged as GW and CP, though he is on the CP appointment list of 1859-02-28.
02⇑I have not found his appointment, but he appears on a list of PMs in the Government Gazette 1857-08-18.
03⇑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 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.