Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1870 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1870 – Police Magistrates and Wardens of the Gold Fields

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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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Comments

In the absence of a Blue Book for 1870 or Public Service List, this list is based mainly on the 1869 list compared to the 1875 Gazette notice.
Wardens of the Gold Fields are no longer listed separately in this database.

Police Magistrates (also Wardens of the Gold Fields, Coroners)

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1870Akehurst, Arthur PurssellPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingKilmore
V1870Alley, James Henry CooperPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingWoods Point
V1870Brownrigg, Marcus FreemanPolice Magistrate V1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBelvoir PM Albury NSW.
V1870Butler, WalterPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBeechworth
V1870Call, FrederickPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMelbourne
V1870Carr, Charles WarburtonPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingAvoca
V1870Clow, James MaxwellPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSteiglitz
V1870Cogdon, John MontaguePolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMaldon
V1870Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingTalbot
V1870Daly, JamesPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingArarat
V1870Dowling, Charles CholmeleyPolice MagistrateR1869-031869-03OngoingGeelong
V1870Farrand, WilliamPolice Magistrate1869-11-22 V1869-11-221869-11-22OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1870Foster, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSale
V1870Gaunt, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSandhurst
V1870Hamilton, John PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1869-011869-01OngoingHamilton
V1870Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingTaradale
V1870Howitt, Alfred WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBairnsdale
V1870Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBelfast
V1870Langford, GeorgePolice Magistrate R1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingEchuca Strutt.
V1870McLachlan, LachlanPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSandhurst
V1870Mollison, CrawfordPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingWilliamstown
V1870Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingDunolly
V1870Panton, Joseph AndersonPolice MagistrateR1869-031869-03OngoingMelbourne
V1870Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice MagistrateR1869-011869-01OngoingSmythesdale
V1870Pohlman, Frederick RoperPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-291870-12-28Woods Point Dismissed.
V1870Puckle, Frederick HalePolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMortlake
V1870Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingHeathcote
V1870Shuter, CharlesPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBlackwood
V1870Smith, Bernhard WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingStawell
V1870Strutt, Charles EdwardPolice MagistrateR1869-021869-02OngoingHeidelberg
V1870Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice Magistrate R1869-031869-03OngoingMelbourne On leave.
V1870Taylor, James GrantPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingDaylesford
V1870Templeton, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBrighton
V1870Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingKyneton
V1870Webster, GrahamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBeaufort
V1870Willoby, William AllanPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingPalmerston
V1870Wills, Alfred CurriePolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMorse's Creek

References

Sources

Magistrates for the Colony of Victoria; Victoria Government Gazette, No 1, 5 January 1869; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1869; p 1.
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1870.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-27Page and content created.