Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1872 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1872 – 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 1872 or Public Service List, this list is based mainly on the 1869 list compared to the 1875 Gazette notice.

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

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1872Akehurst, Arthur PurssellPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingKilmore
V1872Alley, James Henry CooperPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingWoods Point
V1872Brownrigg, Marcus FreemanPolice MagistrateV1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBelvoir PM Albury NSW.
V1872Butler, WalterPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBeechworth
V1872Call, FrederickPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMelbourne
V1872Carr, Charles WarburtonPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingAvoca
V1872Clow, James MaxwellPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29SteiglitzResigned as JP 1871-10-23.
V1872Cogdon, John MontaguePolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMaldon
V1872Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingTalbotResigned 1876-12-29
V1872Daly, JamesPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-291872-03-22Woods PointDied.
V1872Dowling, Charles CholmeleyPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingCreswick
V1872Drury, ArthurPolice MagistrateR1871-04-041871-04-04Ongoing
V1872Foster, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSale
V1872Gaunt, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSandhurst
V1872Hamilton, John PrendergastPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingSmythesdale
V1872Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingTaradale
V1872Holmes, JohnPolice MagistrateR1872-04-291872-04-29Ongoing
V1872Howitt, Alfred WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBairnsdale
V1872Lane, Henry Bowyer JosephPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBelfast
V1872Langford, GeorgePolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingEchuca
V1872Mollison, CrawfordPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingWilliamstown
V1872Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingDunolly
V1872Panton, Joseph AndersonPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingHeidelberg
V1872Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMaryborough
V1872Puckle, Frederick HalePolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMortlake
V1872Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingHeathcote
V1872Shuter, CharlesPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBlackwood
V1872Smith, Bernhard WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingStawell
V1872Strutt, Charles EdwardPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingGeelong
V1872Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingMelbourne
V1872Taylor, James GrantPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingDaylesford
V1872Templeton, WilliamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBrighton
V1872Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingKyneton
V1872Webster, GrahamPolice MagistrateR1868-12-291868-12-29OngoingBeaufort
V1872Wyatt, AlfredPolice MagistrateR1872-09-111872-09-11Ongoing
V1872(Vacant)1872-01-011872-12-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.

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, 1872.
Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, 1871-2, Supplementary Estimates 1870, and Supplementary Estimates, 1871; Parliament of Victoria, 16 May 1871.

Updates

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