Dickson, William

William Dickson, 1859-1926


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William Dickson: 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:	21 December 1859	Sandhurst [Bendigo], Colony of Victoria [01].
Married:	4 August 1887	Sandhurst [Bendigo] [bride's residence], Colony of Victoria to Jane "Jennie" Cathcart Lamont Walker [1861-1933] [02] [03].
Died:	1 June 1926	26 Anderson Street, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 66 years [04] [05].
Buried:	2 June 1926	Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Methodist, Section O, No 0207] [06].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906
	Gold Warden:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
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References

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Notes
01⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Birth Index B1859-020554. Registered in Heathcote. Date from Public Service lists.
02⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1887-004834.
03⇑	Marriages - Dickson-Walker; The Argus (Melbourne), 27 August 1887, p 7 [Trove; 5 January 2024].
04⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1926-006176.
05⇑	Deaths - Dickson; The Argus (Melbourne), 2 June 1926, p 1 [Trove; 18 April 2023].
06⇑	Deceased Search [Brighton Cemetorians; 5 April 2023].

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Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2024-01-05	Life Events updated and references added.