Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1900 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1900 – 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
V1900Anderson, William RossPolice Magistrate1893-10-30R1893-10-301893-10-30OngoingCastlemaine16
V1900Burrowes, Robert JamesPolice Magistrate1898-08-15R1898-08-151898-08-15OngoingWangaratta11
V1900Cresswell, Charles Alfred CostleyPolice Magistrate1893-04-24R1893-07-031893-07-03OngoingSale17
V1900Dickson, WilliamPolice Magistrate1899-02-06R1899-02-061899-02-06OngoingMelbourne
V1900Dobbin, Charles LeonardPolice Magistrate1888-08-11R1898-081898-08OngoingMelbourne
V1900Dwyer, Patrick JosephPolice Magistrate1892-07-25R1894-031894-03OngoingBendigo9
V1900Greene, William WentworthPolice Magistrate1890-04-29R18951895OngoingInglewood10
V1900Holmes, Charles GeorgePolice Magistrate1891-05-19R1891-09-211891-09-21OngoingBairnsdale8
V1900Johns, Reynell EveleighPolice Magistrate1888-09-19R18971897OngoingBallarat19
V1900Keogh, JohnPolice Magistrate1889-09-23R18941894OngoingSuburban
V1900Leader, WilliamPolice Magistrate1891-10-24R18971897OngoingMaryborough15
V1900McCormick, George DeihlPolice Magistrate1882-04-01R1888-081888-08OngoingWarrnambool14
V1900Morrison, George CowiePolice Magistrate1893-11-14R1897-101897-10OngoingBox Hill Also County Coroner.
V1900Morrison, George CowieCoroner1893-11-14R1897-101897-10OngoingCounty Coroner Also Box Hill.
V1900Morrison, HaroldPolice Magistrate1897-10-04R1897-10-041897-10-04OngoingKilmore15
V1900Panton, Joseph AndersonSenior Police MagistrateR18901890OngoingMetropolitan
V1900Patterson, George William FrederickPolice Magistrate1888-08-27R1892-071892-07OngoingGeelong14
V1900Rowan, JamesPolice Magistrate1892-02-25R1892-05-301892-05-30OngoingStawell14
V1900Rowan, JosephPolice Magistrate1890-05-13R18931893OngoingBeechworth10
V1900Smallman, ThomasPolice Magistrate1890-05-06R1895-101895-10OngoingMalvern23
V1900(Vacant)1900-01-011900-12-31Benalla10
V1900(Vacant)1900-01-011900-12-31Dandenong
V1900(Vacant)1900-01-011900-12-31Hamilton
V1900(Vacant)1900-01-011900-12-31Relieving Magistrates
V1900(Vacant)1900-01-011900-12-31Seymour
V1900(Vacant)1900-01-011900-12-31St Arnaud

References

Sources

Comparisons to the previous year.
Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1900; Second Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 16, 31 January 1901; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1901; pp 401-402 (45-46).
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1900.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1900; Government Printer, Melbourne, 9 August 1899.
Additional Estimates of Expenditure, 1898-1900; Government Printer, Melbourne, 31 January 1900.
Supplementary Estimates, 1899-1900; Government Printer, Melbourne, 9 August 1900.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1901; Government Printer, Melbourne, 9 August 1900.
Supplementary Estimates, 1900-1901; Government Printer, Melbourne, 26 June 1901.

Updates

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