Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1859 – Gold Wardens


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Port Phillip District (1836-1851) Colony of Victoria (1851-1900) Victoria (1901-1929)

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Bodies:

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1859 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens Crown Lands Chinese Protectorate

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Roles:

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1859 Gold Wardens

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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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Gold Wardens (Wardens of the Gold Fields)

BB	Name	Title	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next	FN
V1859	Alley, James Henry Cooper	Warden	R		1859-09-16	Ongoing
V1859	Amos, Gilbert Andrew	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing	Creswick
V1859	Anderson, Musgrave Wroughton	Warden	R		1859-03-06	Ongoing
V1859	Arnold, Thompson Graham	Warden	R		1858-01-04	1859-05-31			Resident GW.
V1859	Arnold, Thompson Graham	Resident Warden	R		1859-06-01	1859-07-16	Beechworth District	M Price.	Died.
V1859	Barnard, Edward Thomas	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing			Resident GW.
V1859	Barnard, Edward Thomas	Resident Warden	R	1859-07-25	1859-08-01	1859-12-31	Beechworth District	Arnold.	GW.	[01]
V1859	Bull, John Edward Newell	Resident Warden	R		1858-01-04	1859-12-31	Castlemaine District		GW.	[02]
V1859	Carr, Charles Warburton	Warden	R		1858-06-08	Ongoing
V1859	Clissold, Stephen Thomas	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Clow, James Maxwell	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Cogdon, John Montague	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Crespigny, Philip Robert Champion	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Daly, James	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Doveton, Francis Crossman	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing	Hepburn
V1859	Dowling, Charles Cholmeley	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Drummond, William Henry Murray	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Eardley-Wilmot, Charles Octavius	Warden	R		1859-04-28	Ongoing
V1859	Fenwick, William	Warden	R		1858-12-06	Ongoing		On leave (12 months).
V1859	Foster, William Henry	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Gaunt, William Henry	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Hamilton, John Prendergast	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing		CP.
V1859	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Horne, Robert Wintle	Warden	R		1859-06-14	Ongoing	Heathcote
V1859	Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing	Yackandandah
V1859	Lowther, Gorges Macdonald	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing	Smythe's Creek
V1859	Mackenzie, Robert Cleghorne	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing	Maldon
V1859	McCrae, Andrew Murison	Warden	R		1858-10-21	Ongoing	Kilmore
V1859	Mollison, Crawford	Resident Warden	R		1858-09-10	1859-12-31	Sandhurst District		GW.	[03]
V1859	Morphy, John Stephen	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Murray, Virginius	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing	Dunolly
V1859	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Resident Warden	R		1858-09-01	TBD	Sandhurst District	On leave (12 months). Resigned.
V1859	Pohlman, Frederick Roper	Warden	R	1859-07-25	1859-08-01	Ongoing	Waranga	Barnard.
V1859	Price, Matthew	Resident Warden	R		1858-01-04	1859-05-17	Beechworth District		Resigned.
V1859	Pyke, Vincent	Warden	R		1858-10-22	1859-08-31			Resigned.
V1859	Sherard, Charles Wale	Resident Warden	R		1858-01-04	1859-12-31	Ballarat District		GW.	[04]
V1859	Shuter, Charles	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Smith, Alexander John	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Smith, Bernhard William	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Taylor, James Grant	Resident Warden	R		1859-01-01	1859-12-31	Ararat District		GW.	[05]
V1859	Templeton, William	Resident Warden	R		1858-01-04	1859-12-31	Maryborough District		GW.	[06]
V1859	Thompson, George Agar	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Webster, Graham	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Willoby, William Allan	Warden	R		1858-01-04	Ongoing
V1859	Wills, Alfred Currie	Warden	R		1858-02-08	Ongoing	Omeo

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.

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