Cockburn, Owsley Rowley

Owsley Rowley Cockburn, 1820-1904


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Owsley Rowley Cockburn: Profile Biography Research Notes

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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

Born:	31 December 1820	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Arrived:	18 September 1839	Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the barque Caledonia. Departed Leith, Scotland, 17 April 1839 [01].
Married:	3 March 1853	Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, to Anne Jackson [1823-1884] [02] [03].
Died:	25 November 1904	2 Grove Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 83 years [04] [05].
Buried:	26 November 1904	Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Church of England, Section C, No 1160] [06].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:

Gold Commissioner:

1851

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1852-01-01	1852-12-31			Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields
		1853-01-01	1853-12-31			Junior Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields
		1854-01-01				Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields

References

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Notes
01⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; Port Phillip Gazette (Melbourne), 21 September 1839, p 5 [Trove; 1 January 2024].
02⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1853-026125.
03⇑	Date and location to be confirmed.
04⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1904-012642.
05⇑	Deaths - Cockburn; The Age (Melbourne), 26 November 1904, p 5 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
06⇑	Grave Locator [Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery; 1 January 2024]. The cemetery has him incorrectly as Ousley Rowly Cockburn.

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2024-01-01	Life Events updated and references added.