Harrison, Edward

Edward Harrison, 1859-1930

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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

Born:7 May 1859Gardiner, Colony of Victoria [01] [02].
Baptised:24 June 1859St Peter's Eastern Hill Church of England, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria [03].
Married:2 July 1888St John's Anglican Church, Mansfield, Colony of Victoria, to Helen Phoebe Warne [1861-1920] [04] [05].
Died:17 April 1930Craven Edge, Pomonal, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 70 years [06] [07].
Buried:April 1930Pleasant Creek Public Cemetery, Stawell, Victoria, Australia [Grave TBD] [08].

Golden Colony Roles

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Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Date from Victorian Public Service lists and baptism.
02⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Birth Index B1859-006374. Registered in Toorak.
03⇑ Victoria, Australia, St Peter's Eastern Hill, Baptisms, 1848-1915 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 13 February 2024].
04⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1888-004532.
05⇑ Marriages - Harrison-Warne; The Argus (Melbourne), 7 July 1888, p 1 [Trove; 14 April 2023].
06⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1930-007455.
07⇑ Deaths - Harrison; The Argus (Melbourne), 19 April 1930, p 9 [Trove; 14 April 2023].
08⇑ Edward Harrison ; [Find a Grave; 17 October 2025]

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-02-13Life Events updated and references added.