Pohlman, Robert Williams

Robert Williams Pohlman, 1811-1877


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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:	1811	TBD
Died:	6 December 1877	Punt Road, Richmond, Colony of Victoria.
Buried:	December 1877	Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Section P, No 0184].

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Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1845-03				First Colonial appointment
		1845-03-18				First Colonial appointment
		1845-04				First Colonial appointment
		1845-04				First Colonial appointment
		1852-11-15				Chairman and Judge	Victoria	General Sessions	Melbourne
		1852-11-15				Chairman and Judge	Victoria	General Sessions	Melbourne		R H Pohlman
		1858-01-07	1859-04-10			Judge	Victoria	County Court	Melbourne
		1858-01-07				Judge	Victoria	County Court	Melbourne
		1858-01-07				Judge	Victoria	Courts of Mines	Melbourne
		1858-01-07				Judge	Victoria	General Sessions	Melbourne
		1859-04-15				Puisne Judge	Victoria
						Judge, County Court	Victoria	General Sessions	Geelong

References

Further Reading

Biography:	Suzanne G Mellor; Pohlman, Robert Williams (1811-1877) [Australian Dictionary of Biography; ].
Profile:	Robert Williams Pohlman, 1852-1877; in: Eric Edgar Hewitt; Judges Through the Years; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1984; pp 2-3. [Years are his service on the bench.]
Profile:	Robert William Pohlman [sic], 1811-1877; in: Arthur Dean; A Multitude of Counsellors; F W Cheshire, Melbourne, 1968; p 73.
Profile:	Pohlman, Robert Williams; in: H Morin Humphreys; Men of the Time in Australia: Victorian Series [Second Edition]; McCarron, Bird, and Co, Melbourne, 1882; p 172.

Updates

2022-01-31