Wimmera Crown Lands District – Commissioners

Wimmera Crown Lands District – Commissioners of Crown Lands


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Places:

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Districts:

Headquarters Gipps Land Murray Port Phillip Portland Bay Western Port Wimmera Non-District Counties: Bourke Grant Normanby

Bodies:

Wimmera District: Crown Lands

Roles:

Explanations:

Columns:	R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
	PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time.

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.

Assignments:	The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.

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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Commissioners of Crown Lands

BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
P1846	Mayne, William Colburn	(District) Commissioner	1846-11-09		R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	1846-11-30	Wimmera District									Wellington District NSW.	[01]
P1846	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District								Mayne.
P1847	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
P1848	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
P1849	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
P1850	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
P1851	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1846-11-26	1846-12-01	1851-06-30	Wimmera District									Colony of Victoria.
V1851	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1851-07-15	1851-07-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District								Also GC.
V1852	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner	1846-12-01		R	1851-07-15	1851-07-01	1852-06-30	Wimmera District								Also GC.	GC.
V1852	Bell, Edward	(District) Commissioner			R	1852-06-30	1852-07-01	1852-12-31	Wimmera District								Wright.
V1853	Bell, Edward	(District) Commissioner			R		1853-01-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
V1854	Bell, Edward	(District) Commissioner			R		1853-01-01	1854-05	Wimmera District									Bourke County.
V1854	Clow, James Maxwell	(District) Commissioner			R		1854-05-25	Ongoing	Wimmera District								Bell.
V1855	Clow, James Maxwell	(District) Commissioner			R		1854-05-25	Ongoing	Wimmera District
V1857	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner			R		1856-05-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
V1858	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner			R		1856-05-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District
V1859	Wright, William Henry	(District) Commissioner			R		1856-05-01	Ongoing	Wimmera District

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	Mayne was appointed CCL for the Wimmera District, then effectively exchanged with Wright, who was the NSW CCL for Wellington.

Sources

Updates

2024-11-29

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