Smyth, Robert Brough

Robert Brough Smyth, 1830-1889

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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:18 February 1830TBD
Died:9 October 1889Medenia, High Street, Prahran, Colony of Victoria [residence].
Buried:October 1889St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Baptist, Compartment B, No 0467].

Golden Colony Roles

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Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1853-11-07Draftsman, Survey OfficeVictoriaPublic LandsRobert B Smythe - 100 for supervising meteorological observations
1853-11-07First Colonial appointment
1853-11-07First Colonial appointment
1858-01SecretaryVictoriaScientific Board
1858-01Director of Meterological ObservationVictoriaScientific Board

References

Further Reading

Biography:Michael Hoare; Smyth, Robert Brough (1830-1889) Australian Dictionary of Biography
Profile:Smyth, Robert Brough; in: H Morin Humphreys; Men of the Time in Australia: Victorian Series [Second Edition]; McCarron, Bird, and Co, Melbourne, 1882; pp 197-198.

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2022-01-31