William Acland Douglass Anderson, 1829-1882

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William Acland Douglass Anderson:  Profile  Biography  Research Notes

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Explanations:

Columns:	R [Role]; S [Sources].

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.

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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Life Events

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Parents:		Joseph Anderson [1790-1877] and Mary Campbell [1791-1869]
Born:	31 October 1829	Blackburn, Lancashire, England [01].
Baptised:	14 February 1830	St Mary-the-Virgin Catholic Church, Blackburn, Lancashire, England [02].
Arrived:	27 May 1853	Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the ship St Vincent. Departed London, 24 November 1852 [03].
Married:	1 May 1856	St Paul's Church of England, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, to Caroline Davidson [1838-1921] [04] [05].
Died:	23 January 1882	Fairlie House, South Yarra, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 52 years [06] [07].
Buried:	25 January 1882	St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Compartment B, No 0469] [08]

Golden Colony Roles

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Victoria:

Gold Commissioner:

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William Acland Douglass Anderson (c1860) [09]

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