Robertson, Alexander Philadelphia Lamb

Alexander Philadelphia Lamb Robertson, 1829-1878


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Alexander Philadelphia Lamb Robertson: 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:	25 December 1829	The Manse, Coldingham Church, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Baptised:	17 February 1830	Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Arrived:	TBD	TBD
Married:	22 April 1857	Queenscliff, Colony of Victoria, to Jane Clow.
Died:	4 March 1878	Branch Terrace, Albert Street, East Melbourne, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 47 years [01] [02]
Buried:	6 March 1878	Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Presbyterian, Section I, No 0932].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:

Police Magistrate:

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Alexander Philadelphia Lamb Robertson

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 Death Index D1878-002586.
02⇑	Deaths - Robertson; The Argus (Melbourne), 6 March 1878, p 1 [Trove; 18 April 2023]
03⇑	Dr Alexander P L Robertson, from the Kew Historical Society [Victoria Collections; 30 October 2024].

Further Reading

Statistics:

Robertson, Alexander Philadelphia Lamb (c1831-1878); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 2; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 217.

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2022-01-31	Page created.