Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1897 – 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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1897 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens

1898

Roles:

1896

1897 Police Magistrates and Gold Wardens

1898

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
V1897	Anderson, William Ross	Police Magistrate	1893-10-30	R	1893-10-30	1893-10-30	Ongoing	Castlemaine	16
V1897	Cresswell, Charles Alfred Costley	Police Magistrate	1893-04-24	R	1893-07-03	1893-07-03	Ongoing	Sale	17
V1897	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1897	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1897	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29	R	1895	1895	Ongoing	Inglewood	10
V1897	Holmes, Charles George	Police Magistrate	1891-05-19	R	1891-09-21	1891-09-21	Ongoing	Bairnsdale	7
V1897	Johns, Reynell Eveleigh	Police Magistrate	1888-09-19	R	1895	1895	1897	Maryborough	16		Ballarat.
V1897	Johns, Reynell Eveleigh	Police Magistrate	1888-09-19	R	1897	1897	Ongoing	Ballarat	17	Leader.
V1897	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate	1889-09-23	R	1894	1894	Ongoing	Suburban
V1897	Leader, William	Police Magistrate	1891-10-24	R	1894-03	1894-03	1897	Ballarat	17		Maryborough.
V1897	Leader, William	Police Magistrate	1891-10-24	R	1897	1897	Ongoing	Maryborough	15	Johns.
V1897	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1897	Morrison, George Cowie	Police Magistrate	1893-11-14	R	1894-04-03	1894-04-03	1897-10	Kilmore	15		Box Hill.
V1897	Morrison, George Cowie	Police Magistrate	1893-11-14	R	1897-10	1897-10	Ongoing	Box Hill		Also County Coroner.
V1897	Morrison, George Cowie	Coroner	1893-11-14	R	1897-10	1897-10	Ongoing	County Coroner		Also Box Hill.
V1897	Morrison, Harold	Police Magistrate	1897-10-04	R	1897-10-04	1897-10-04	Ongoing	Kilmore	15	G C Morrison.
V1897	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1897	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Senior Police Magistrate		R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Metropolitan
V1897	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1892-07	1892-07	Ongoing	Geelong	15
V1897	Rowan, James	Police Magistrate	1892-02-25	R	1892-05-30	1892-05-30	Ongoing	Stawell	14
V1897	Rowan, Joseph	Police Magistrate	1890-05-13	R	1890-05-13	1890-05-13	Ongoing	Beechworth	10
V1897	Smallman, Thomas	Police Magistrate	1890-05-06	R	1895-10	1895-10	Ongoing	Malvern	22
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	Benalla	10
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	Dandenong
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	Hamilton
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	Seymour
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	St Arnaud

References

Sources

	Comparisons to the previous year.
	Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1897; Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 8, 31 January 1898; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1898; pp 302-303 (40-41).
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1897.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1897; Government Printer, Melbourne, 28 July 1896.
	Supplementary Estimates, 1896-7; Government Printer, Melbourne, 24 August 1897.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1898; Government Printer, Melbourne, 24 August 1897.
	Supplementary Estimates, 1897-8; Government Printer, Melbourne, 26 July 1898.

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