Blue Book, Victoria, Australia, 1916 – 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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Police Magistrates (also Wardens of the Gold Fields, Coroners)

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	Comments	Next
V1916	Bartold, Paul Wilhelm Carl Heinrich	Police Magistrate	1911-04-13	R	1915	1915	Ongoing	Castlemaine	13
V1916	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	1916	Wangaratta	12		Bendigo.
V1916	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Bendigo	9	Moore.
V1916	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1910-11-08	1910-11-08	Ongoing	Maryborough	12
V1916	Cohen, Philip	Police Magistrate	1906	R	1909-11	1909-11	Ongoing	Malvern	14
V1916	Cole, Robert Hodgson	Coroner	1902-02-20	R	1908	1908	Ongoing	City Coroner
V1916	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1902-08	1902-08	Ongoing	Melbourne
V1916	Elliget, Patrick Harold Vincent	Police Magistrate	1915	R	1915	1915	1916	St Arnaud	8		Charlton.
V1916	Elliget, Patrick Harold Vincent	Police Magistrate	1915	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Charlton	14	Pennefather.
V1916	Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph	Police Magistrate	1902-02-05	R	1914-06	1914-06	Ongoing	Melbourne		Also Suburban.
V1916	Goldsmith, Samuel Joseph	Police Magistrate	1902-02-05	V	1914-06	1914-06	Ongoing	Suburban		Also at Melbourne.
V1916	Grey, Charles James	Police Magistrate	1913	R	1913	1913	Ongoing	Bairnsdale	13
V1916	Harrison, Edward	Police Magistrate	1906-07	R	1906-07	1906-07	Ongoing	Stawell	12
V1916	Harris, Walter William	Police Magistrate	1907-07-16	R	1915	1915	1916	Dandenong	19		Ballarat.
V1916	Harris, Walter William	Police Magistrate	1907-07-16	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Ballarat	15	G R Murphy.
V1916	Kelley, Alfred Aldridge	Police Magistrate	1910-06-14	R	1915	1915	1916	Benalla	10		Geelong.
V1916	Kelley, Alfred Aldridge	Police Magistrate	1910-06-14	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Geelong	13	Tanner.
V1916	Knight, Richard	Police Magistrate	1908-01-01	R	1908-01-08	1908-01-01	1916	Seymour	15		Essendon.
V1916	Knight, Richard	Police Magistrate	1908-01-01	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Essendon	20
V1916	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	1916	Bendigo	12		Brunswick.
V1916	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Brunswick	11	Also Suburban.
V1916	Murphy, George Read	Police Magistrate	1901-07-16	R	1914-06	1914-06	1916	Ballarat	17		Left during 1916.
V1916	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1912-09-24	1912-09-24	1916	Charlton	8		Wangaratta.
V1916	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17	Beaven.
V1916	Smith, William George	Police Magistrate	1912-07-02	R	1915	1915	Ongoing	Hamilton	14
V1916	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1915	1915	1916	Geelong	13		Dandenong.
V1916	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Dandenong	18	Harris.
V1916	(Vacant)			R		1915	Ongoing	Sale
V1916	(Vacant)			R		1916	1916-12-31	Benalla	10
V1916	(Vacant)					1916-01-01	1916-12-31	Beechworth	10
V1916	(Vacant)					1916-01-01	1916-12-31	Relieving Magistrates

References

Sources

	Comparisons to the previous year.
	Return of Persons Permanently Employed under the Public Service Acts, Victoria, on the 31st December, 1916; Victoria Government Gazette, No 17, 31 January 1917; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1917; p 330 (70).
	Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1916.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1916; Government Printer, Melbourne, 6 October 1915.
	Supplementary Estimates, 1915-1916; Government Printer, Melbourne, 3 August 1916.
	Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure for the Year Ending 30th June, 1917; Government Printer, Melbourne, 10 October 1916.

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