Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1884 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1884 – 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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Police Magistrates (also Wardens of the Gold Fields, Coroners)

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1884Akehurst, Arthur PurssellPolice MagistrateR1878-06-111878-06-11OngoingRelieving Magistrates
V1884Alley, James Henry CooperPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingFitzroy16
V1884Call, FrederickSenior Police MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingMelbourne
V1884Carr, Charles WarburtonPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingAvoca10
V1884Foster, William HenryPolice MagistrateR1875-01-041875-01-04OngoingBeechworth11
V1884Hare, Francis AugustusPolice Magistrate1882-04-01R1882-03-281882-04-01OngoingDandenong20
V1884Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingGeelong11
V1884Howitt, Alfred WilliamPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingSale18
V1884Hutchinson, George LoshPolice Magistrate1883-02-20R1883-02-201883-02-20OngoingHorsham12
V1884Love, Milton SydneyPolice Magistrate1883-03-01V1883-05-221883-03-01OngoingYelta PM Wentworth NSW.
V1884McCormick, George DeihlPolice Magistrate1882-04-01R1882-03-281882-04-01OngoingBenalla10
V1884Nicolson, Charles HopePolice Magistrate1882-04-01R1882-03-281882-04-01OngoingCastlemaine12
V1884Orme, Francis KnoxPolice MagistrateR1883-05-091883-05-09OngoingHamilton9
V1884Panton, Joseph AndersonPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingMelbourne
V1884Shuter, CharlesPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingGisborne13
V1884Smith, Bernhard WilliamPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingAlexandra6
V1884Staveley, Henry CroftonPolice Magistrate1884-12-23R1884-12-231884-12-23OngoingBairnsdale5 Wheeler (deceased).
V1884Strickland, RobertPolice Magistrate1884-02-27R1884-02-271884-02-27OngoingSt Arnaud8
V1884Taylor, James GrantPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingWarrnambool8
V1884Thomson, John CampbellPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingBallarat15
V1884Webster, GrahamPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingSandhurst8
V1884Wheeler, William EdwardPolice Magistrate1884-02-27R1884-02-271884-02-271884-11-27Bairnsdale5Died.
V1884Wyatt, AlfredPolice MagistrateR1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingSeymour11
V1884(Vacant)1884-01-011884-02-26St Arnaud
V1884(Vacant)1884-01-011884-12-31

References

Sources

Comparisons to the previous year.
Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1884; Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 12, 31 January 1885; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1885; p 2513.
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1884.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1884; Government Printer, Melbourne, 18 July 1883.
Additional Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1884; Government Printer, Melbourne, 18 October 1884.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1885; Government Printer, Melbourne, 16 July 1884.

Updates

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