Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1888 – Police Magistrates and Wardens of the Gold Fields


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

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		1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900

Bodies:

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1888 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens

1889

Roles:

1887

1888 Police Magistrates and Gold Wardens

1889

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	FN
V1888	Alley, James Henry Cooper	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Fitzroy	16
V1888	Barnett, Arthur Nelson	Police Magistrate	1887-06-01	V	1887-09-05	1887-06-01	Ongoing	Yelta		PM Wentworth NSW.
V1888	Bartrop, George Frederick	Police Magistrate	1887-11-14	R	1887-11-14	1887-11-14	Ongoing	Inglewood	8
V1888	Call, Frederick	Senior Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1888	Campbell, George William	Police Magistrate	1886-09-01	R	1887-11	1887-11	1888	Inglewood	8	On leave.	Left during 1888.
V1888	Carr, Charles Warburton	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1888-07-30	Avoca	10		Died.
V1888	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1887-11-06	1887-11-06	Ongoing	Bairnsdale	5
V1888	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1888-08-11	1888-08-11	Ongoing	Benalla	10	McCormick.
V1888	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	Ongoing	Beechworth	11
V1888	Hare, Francis Augustus	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1882-03-28	1882-04-01	Ongoing	Dandenong	20
V1888	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Geelong	11
V1888	Howitt, Alfred William	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Sale	18
V1888	Hutchinson, George Losh	Police Magistrate	1883-02-20	R	1883-02-20	1883-02-20	1888	Horsham	12		Stawell.
V1888	Hutchinson, George Losh	Police Magistrate	1883-02-20	R	1888	1888	Ongoing	Stawell	14
V1888	Johns, Reynell Eveleigh	Police Magistrate	1888-09-19	R	1888-09-19	1888-09-19	Ongoing	Shepparton	9
V1888	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1882-03-28	1882-04-01	1888-08	Benalla	10		Warrnambool.
V1888	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8	Taylor (retired).
V1888	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1887	1887	1888-08	Relieving Magistrates			Hamilton.
V1888	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Hamilton	10	Orme (Relieving).
V1888	Orme, Francis Knox	Police Magistrate		R	1883-05-09	1883-05-09	1888-08	Hamilton	11		Avoca.
V1888	Orme, Francis Knox	Police Magistrate		R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Avoca	11	Carr (deceased).
V1888	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02	R	1887	1887	Ongoing	Castlemaine	12
V1888	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1888	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1888-08-27	1888-08-27	Ongoing	Alexandra	5
V1888	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Gisborne	13
V1888	Strickland, Robert	Police Magistrate	1884-02-27	R	1887-11	1887-11	1888	Sandhurst	7		Retired.
V1888	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1888-12-31	Warrnambool	8		Retired at the end of 1888.	[01]
V1888	Thomson, John Campbell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Ballarat	15
V1888	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1888	Seymour	11		Sandhurst.
V1888	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1888	1888	Ongoing	Sandhurst	7	Strickland (resigned).
V1888	(Vacant)					1888-01-01	1888-08-26	Alexandra
V1888	(Vacant)					1888-09	1888-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1888	(Vacant)					1888-01-01	1888-12-31	Seymour
V1888	(Vacant)					1888-01-01	1888-12-31	St Arnaud

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	Taylor and McCormick are both listed for Warrnambool. Taylor is not on the 1889 list, so probably left at the end of 1888.

Sources

	Comparisons to the previous year.
	Office of the Government Statist; Statistical Register of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1888, Part 1: Blue Book; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1889 (VPARL 1889, No 32) [BB1888].
	Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1888; Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 9, 31 January 1889; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1889; pp 341 (45).
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1888.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1888; Government Printer, Melbourne, 18 July 1887.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1889; Government Printer, Melbourne, 24 July 1888.

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