Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – Gold Wardens

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – Gold Wardens

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Roles:18581859 Gold Wardens1860
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
V1859Alley, James Henry CooperWardenR1859-09-16Ongoing
V1859Amos, Gilbert AndrewWardenR1858-01-04OngoingCreswick
V1859Anderson, Musgrave WroughtonWardenR1859-03-06Ongoing
V1859Arnold, Thompson GrahamWarden R1858-01-041859-05-31 Resident GW.
V1859Arnold, Thompson GrahamResident WardenR1859-06-011859-07-16Beechworth District M Price.Died.
V1859Barnard, Edward ThomasWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing Resident GW.
V1859Barnard, Edward ThomasResident WardenR1859-07-251859-08-011859-12-31Beechworth District Arnold. GW.[01]
V1859Bull, John Edward NewellResident WardenR1858-01-041859-12-31Castlemaine District GW.[02]
V1859Carr, Charles WarburtonWardenR1858-06-08Ongoing
V1859Clissold, Stephen ThomasWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Clow, James MaxwellWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Cogdon, John MontagueWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Daly, JamesWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Doveton, Francis CrossmanWardenR1858-01-04OngoingHepburn
V1859Dowling, Charles CholmeleyWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Drummond, William Henry MurrayWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Eardley-Wilmot, Charles OctaviusWardenR1859-04-28Ongoing
V1859Fenwick, WilliamWardenR1858-12-06Ongoing On leave (12 months).
V1859Foster, William HenryWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Gaunt, William HenryWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Hamilton, John PrendergastWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing CP.
V1859Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Horne, Robert WintleWarden R1859-06-14OngoingHeathcote
V1859Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephWardenR1858-01-04OngoingYackandandah
V1859Lowther, Gorges MacdonaldWardenR1858-01-04OngoingSmythe's Creek
V1859Mackenzie, Robert CleghorneWardenR1858-01-04OngoingMaldon
V1859McCrae, Andrew MurisonWarden R1858-10-21OngoingKilmore
V1859Mollison, CrawfordResident WardenR1858-09-101859-12-31Sandhurst District GW.[03]
V1859Morphy, John StephenWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Murray, VirginiusWardenR1858-01-04OngoingDunolly
V1859Panton, Joseph AndersonResident Warden R1858-09-01TBDSandhurst District On leave (12 months). Resigned.
V1859Pohlman, Frederick RoperWardenR1859-07-251859-08-01OngoingWaranga Barnard.
V1859Price, MatthewResident WardenR1858-01-041859-05-17Beechworth District Resigned.
V1859Pyke, VincentWardenR1858-10-221859-08-31 Resigned.
V1859Sherard, Charles WaleResident WardenR1858-01-041859-12-31Ballarat District GW.[04]
V1859Shuter, CharlesWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Smith, Alexander JohnWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Smith, Bernhard WilliamWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Taylor, James GrantResident WardenR1859-01-011859-12-31Ararat District GW.[05]
V1859Templeton, WilliamResident WardenR1858-01-041859-12-31Maryborough District GW.[06]
V1859Thompson, George AgarWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Webster, GrahamWarden R1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Willoby, William AllanWardenR1858-01-04Ongoing
V1859Wills, Alfred CurrieWarden R1858-02-08OngoingOmeo

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Role of Resident Warden abolished.
02⇑ Role of Resident Warden abolished.
03⇑ Role of Resident Warden abolished.
04⇑ Role of Resident Warden abolished.
05⇑ Role of Resident Warden abolished.
06⇑ Role of Resident Warden abolished.

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.