Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1887 – Police Magistrates and Wardens of the Gold Fields


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

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

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Bodies:

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1887 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens

1888

Roles:

1886

1887 Police Magistrates and 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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Police Magistrates (also Wardens of the Gold Fields, Coroners)

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	Comments	Next
V1887	Alley, James Henry Cooper	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Fitzroy	16
V1887	Barnett, Arthur Nelson	Police Magistrate	1887-06-01	V	1887-09-05	1887-06-01	Ongoing	Yelta		PM Wentworth NSW. Love.
V1887	Bartrop, George Frederick	Police Magistrate	1887-11-14	R	1887-11-14	1887-11-14	Ongoing	Inglewood	8	G W Campbell (on leave).
V1887	Call, Frederick	Senior Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1887	Campbell, George William	Police Magistrate	1886-09-01	R	1886-08-27	1886-09-01	1887-11	Sandhurst	8		Inglewood.
V1887	Campbell, George William	Police Magistrate	1886-09-01	R	1887-11	1887-11	Ongoing	Inglewood	7	On leave.
V1887	Carr, Charles Warburton	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Avoca	10
V1887	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1886-05-25	1886-05-25	1887-11-05	Relieving Magistrates			Bairnsdale.
V1887	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1887-11-06	1887-11-06	Ongoing	Bairnsdale	5	Staveley (deceased).
V1887	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	Ongoing	Beechworth	11
V1887	Hare, Francis Augustus	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1882-03-28	1882-04-01	Ongoing	Dandenong	20
V1887	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Geelong	11
V1887	Howitt, Alfred William	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Sale	18
V1887	Hutchinson, George Losh	Police Magistrate	1883-02-20	R	1883-02-20	1883-02-20	Ongoing	Horsham	12
V1887	Love, Milton Sydney	Police Magistrate	1883-03-01	V	1883-05-22	1883-03-01	1887-05-31	Yelta		PM Wentworth NSW.	Cooma NSW.
V1887	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1882-03-28	1882-04-01	Ongoing	Benalla	10
V1887	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1882-03-28	1882-04-01	1887	Castlemaine	12		Relieving Magistrate
V1887	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1887	1887	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates		Cooper.
V1887	Orme, Francis Knox	Police Magistrate		R	1883-05-09	1883-05-09	Ongoing	Hamilton	11
V1887	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02	R	1885-11-02	1885-11-02	1887	Alexandra	6		Castlemaine.
V1887	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02	R	1887	1887	Ongoing	Castlemaine	12	Nicolson.
V1887	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1887	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Gisborne	13
V1887	Staveley, Henry Crofton	Police Magistrate	1884-12-23	R	1884-12-23	1884-12-23	1887-11-05	Bairnsdale	5		Died.
V1887	Strickland, Robert	Police Magistrate	1884-02-27	R	1884-02-27	1884-02-27	1887-11	St Arnaud	8		Sandhurst.
V1887	Strickland, Robert	Police Magistrate	1884-02-27	R	1887-11	1887-11	Ongoing	Sandhurst	7	G W Campbell.
V1887	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1887	Thomson, John Campbell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Ballarat	15
V1887	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Seymour	11
V1887	(Vacant)					1887-01-01	1887-12-31	Alexandra
V1887	(Vacant)					1887-01-01	1887-10	Inglewood
V1887	(Vacant)					1887-01-01	1887-12-31
V1887	(Vacant)					1887-12	1887-12-31	St Arnaud

References

Sources

	Comparisons to the previous year.
	Office of the Government Statist; Statistical Register of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1887, Part 1: Blue Book; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1888 (VPARL 1888, No 25) [BB1887].
	Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1887; Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 10, 31 January 1888; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1888; pp 290-291 (46-47).
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1887.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1887; Government Printer, Melbourne, 16 July 1886.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1888; Government Printer, Melbourne, 18 July 1887.

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