Blue Book, Victoria, Australia, 1901 – Police Magistrates and Wardens of the Gold Fields

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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Seven retired PMs were temporarily re-appointed at the beginning of 1901 to support the introduction of the Old-Age Pensions Act.

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

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	Comments	Next
V1901	Anderson, William Ross	Police Magistrate	1893-10-30	R	1893-10-30	1893-10-30	Ongoing	Castlemaine	16
V1901	Bartrop, George Frederick	Police Magistrate	1887-11-14	R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Bartrop, George Frederick	Police Magistrate	1887-11-14	R	1901-02-04	1901-02-01	1901-03-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Bell, Edward Connor	Police Magistrate	1889-03-01	R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Bell, Edward Connor	Police Magistrate	1889-03-01	R	1901-02-04	1901-02-01	1901-03-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1901	Cresswell, Charles Alfred Costley	Police Magistrate	1893-04-24	R	1893-07-03	1893-07-03	Ongoing	Sale	17
V1901	Dickson, William	Police Magistrate	1899-02-06	R	1899-02-06	1899-02-06	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1901	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1898-08	1898-08	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1901	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1901	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29	R	1895	1895	Ongoing	Inglewood	11
V1901	Holmes, Charles George	Police Magistrate	1891-05-19	R	1891-09-21	1891-09-21	Ongoing	Bairnsdale	8
V1901	Hutchinson, George Losh	Police Magistrate	1883-02-20	R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Hutchinson, George Losh	Police Magistrate	1883-02-20	R	1901-02-04	1901-02-01	1901-03-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Johns, Reynell Eveleigh	Police Magistrate	1888-09-19	R	1897	1897	Ongoing	Ballarat	16
V1901	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate	1889-09-23	R	1894	1894	Ongoing	Suburban
V1901	Leader, William	Police Magistrate	1891-10-24	R	1897	1897	Ongoing	Maryborough	17
V1901	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1901	Morrison, George Cowie	Police Magistrate	1893-11-14	R	1897-10	1897-10	1901	Box Hill		Also County Coroner.	Left during 1901.
V1901	Morrison, George Cowie	Coroner	1893-11-14	R	1897-10	1897-10	1901	County Coroner		Also Box Hill.	Left during 1901.
V1901	Morrison, Harold	Police Magistrate	1897-10-04	R	1897-10-04	1897-10-04	Ongoing	Kilmore	15
V1901	Murphy, George Read	Police Magistrate	1901-07-16	R	1901-07-16	1901-07-16	Ongoing	Stawell	13	James Rowan (deceased).
V1901	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02	R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02	R	1901-02-04	1901-02-01	1901-03-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Senior Police Magistrate		R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Metropolitan
V1901	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1892-07	1892-07	Ongoing	Geelong	13
V1901	Perry, Charles Lindley	Police Magistrate	1892-06-14	R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Perry, Charles Lindley	Police Magistrate	1892-06-14	R	1901-02-04	1901-02-01	1901-03-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Robertson, James	Police Magistrate	1889-06-24	R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Rowan, James	Police Magistrate	1892-02-25	R	1892-05-30	1892-05-30	1901-05-29	Stawell	14		Died.
V1901	Rowan, Joseph	Police Magistrate	1890-05-13	R	1893	1893	Ongoing	Beechworth	10
V1901	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1901-01-02	1901-01-01	1901-01-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1901-02-04	1901-02-01	1901-03-31	Old Age Pensions
V1901	Smallman, Thomas	Police Magistrate	1890-05-06	R	1895-10	1895-10	Ongoing	Malvern	23
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Box Hill
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Benalla	10
V1901	(Vacant)	Coroner				1901-01-01	1901-12-31	County Coroner
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Dandenong
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Hamilton
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Seymour
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	St Arnaud

References

Sources

	Comparisons to the previous year.
	Return of Persons employed in the Public Service of Victoria on the 31st December 1901; Third Supplement to the Victoria Government Gazette, No 14, 31 January 1902; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1902; pp 604-605 (48-49).
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1901.
	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.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1902; Government Printer, Melbourne, 27 August 1901.
	Supplementary Estimates, 1901-1902; Government Printer, Melbourne, 16 July 1902.

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