Blue Book, Victoria, Australia, 1908 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Victoria, Australia, 1908 – 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
V1908Barlow, ArthurPolice Magistrate1907-09-24R1907-09-241907-09-24OngoingMaryborough14
V1908Beaven, James William WaightPolice Magistrate1903-02-06R1903-02-061903-02-06OngoingWangaratta11
V1908Cohen, PhilipPolice Magistrate1906R19061906OngoingRelieving Magistrates
V1908Cole, Robert HodgsonCoroner1902-02-20R1902-02-201902-02-201908County CoronerAlso Caulfield. City Coroner.
V1908Cole, Robert HodgsonPolice Magistrate1902-02-20R190319031908Caulfield4Also County Coroner. City Coroner.
V1908Cole, Robert HodgsonCoroner1902-02-20R19081908OngoingCity Coroner
V1908Cresswell, Charles Alfred CostleyPolice Magistrate1893-04-24R1907-07-161907-07-16OngoingMelbourne
V1908Dwyer, Patrick JosephPolice Magistrate1892-07-25R1902-081902-08OngoingMelbourne
V1908Goldsmith, Samuel JosephPolice Magistrate1902-02-05R19031903OngoingCastlemaine15
V1908Greene, William WentworthPolice Magistrate1890-04-29R18951895OngoingInglewood13
V1908Harrison, EdwardPolice Magistrate1906-07R1906-071906-07OngoingStawell13
V1908Harris, Walter WilliamPolice Magistrate1907-07-16R1907-07-161907-07-01OngoingSale18
V1908Holmes, Charles GeorgePolice Magistrate1891-05-19R1891-09-211891-09-21OngoingBairnsdale9
V1908Keogh, JohnPolice Magistrate1889-09-23R18941894OngoingSuburban
V1908Knight, RichardPolice Magistrate1908-01-01R1908-01-081908-01-01OngoingSeymour15 G R Murphy.
V1908Moore, Edmund NotleyPolice Magistrate1902-08-08R1902-08-081902-08-08OngoingBendigo9
V1908Morrison, HaroldPolice Magistrate1897-10-04R19051905OngoingGeelong13
V1908Murphy, George ReadPolice Magistrate1901-07-16R1908-01-011908-01-01OngoingMalvern21 Smallman (retired).
V1908Murphy, Henry MorganPolice Magistrate1904R19061906OngoingBallarat14
V1908Rowan, JosephPolice MagistrateR18931893OngoingBeechworth10
V1908Williams, Edgar ElmorePolice Magistrate1905-06-27R1905-06-271905-06-27OngoingHamilton15
V1908Williams, Edgar ElmorePolice Magistrate1905-06-27R190619061908Warrnambool
V1908(Vacant)1908-01-011908-12-31Benalla10
V1908(Vacant)1908-01-011908-12-31Dandenong
V1908(Vacant)1908-01-011908-12-31St Arnaud

References

Sources

Comparisons to the previous year.
Return of Persons employed under the Public Service Acts, Victoria, on the 31st December, 1908; Victoria Government Gazette, No 20, 29 January 1909; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1909; p 881 (53).
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1908.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1908; Government Printer, Melbourne, 3 October 1907.
Supplementary Estimates, 1907-1908; Government Printer, Melbourne, 23 July 1908.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1909; Government Printer, Melbourne, 19 November 1908.
Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1909 [Amended]; Government Printer, Melbourne, 7 January 1909.

Updates

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