Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1891 – 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)

Years:		1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880
		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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1891 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens

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Roles:

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1891 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
V1891	Bartrop, George Frederick	Police Magistrate	1887-11-14	R	1890-04	1890-04	Ongoing	Malvern	19
V1891	Bell, Edward Connor	Police Magistrate	1889-03-01	R	1890-04	1890-04	Ongoing	Sale	16
V1891	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1887-11-06	1887-11-06	1891-05	Bairnsdale	5		Ballarat.
V1891	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1891-05	1891-05	Ongoing	Ballarat	16	Thomson (retired).
V1891	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	10
V1891	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1889-03	1889-03	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1891	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29	R	1890-08-04	1890-08-04	1891	Inglewood	10		Wedderburn.
V1891	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29	R	1891	1891	Ongoing	Wedderburn	10
V1891	Hare, Francis Augustus	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1882-03-28	1882-04-01	1891	Dandenong	21		Mornington.
V1891	Hare, Francis Augustus	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1891	1891	Ongoing	Mornington	21
V1891	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Geelong	11
V1891	Holmes, Charles George	Police Magistrate (Acting)	1891-05-19	R	1891-05-19	1891-05-19	1891-09-20	Bairnsdale	5	Cooper
V1891	Holmes, Charles George	Police Magistrate	1891-05-19	R	1891-09-21	1891-09-21	Ongoing	Bairnsdale	5
V1891	Johns, Reynell Eveleigh	Police Magistrate	1888-09-19	R	1890-04	1890-04	Ongoing	Hamilton	13
V1891	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate	1889-09-23	R	1890-03-24	1890-03-24	Ongoing	Kilmore	8
V1891	Leader, William	Police Magistrate (Acting)	1891-10-21	R	1891-10-21	1891-10-21	Ongoing	Maryborough	11	Orme (deceased).
V1891	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1891	McLuckie, James	Police Magistrate	1890-06-04	R	1890-08-04	1890-08-04	Ongoing	Stawell	16
V1891	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1891	Orme, Francis Knox	Police Magistrate		R	1889	1889	1891-09-24	Maryborough	11		Died.
V1891	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Kew	16
V1891	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Senior Police Magistrate		R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Metropolitan
V1891	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1889-09	1889-09	Ongoing	Bendigo	7
V1891	Robertson, James	Police Magistrate	1889-06-24	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Castlemaine	13
V1891	Rowan, Joseph	Police Magistrate	1890-05-13	R	1890-05-13	1890-05-13	Ongoing	Beechworth	12
V1891	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Metropolitan
V1891	Smallman, Thomas	Police Magistrate	1890-05-06	R	1890-08-04	1890-08-04	Ongoing	Seymour	10
V1891	Thomson, John Campbell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1891-05	Ballarat	16		Left during 1891.
V1891	(Vacant)					1891-01-01	1891-01-31	Alexandra
V1891	(Vacant)					1891-01-01	1891-12-31	Benalla	10
V1891	(Vacant)					1891-01-01	1891-12-31	Fitzroy	17
V1891	(Vacant)					1891-01-01	1891-12-31	St Arnaud

References

Sources

	Comparisons to the previous year.
	Office of the Government Statist; Statistical Register of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1891, Part 1: Blue Book; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1892 (VPARL 1892, No 27) [BB1891].
	Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1891; Second Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 12, 30 January 1892; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1892; pp 486-487 (46-47).
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1891.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1891; Government Printer, Melbourne, 31 July 1890.
	Additional Estimates of Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1891; Government Printer, Melbourne, 11 December 1890.
	Supplementary Estimates, 1890-91; Government Printer, Melbourne, 24 June 1891.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1892; Government Printer, Melbourne, 28 July 1891.
	Supplementary Estimates, 1891-92; Government Printer, Melbourne, 28 July 1892.

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