Bourke County Crown Lands – Commissioners

Bourke County Crown Lands – Commissioners of Crown Lands

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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

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
P1841Airey, George Sherbrooke (District) Commissioner1841-07-08R1841-07-081841-07-08OngoingBourke County[01]
P1842Airey, George Sherbrooke (District) Commissioner1841-07-08R1841-07-081841-07-08OngoingBourke County[02]
P1843Airey, George Sherbrooke (District) Commissioner1841-07-08R1841-07-081841-07-08OngoingBourke County
P1844Airey, George Sherbrooke (District) Commissioner1841-07-08R1841-07-081841-07-081844-09-20Bourke CountyResigned.
P1844St John, George Frederick Berkeley(District) Commissioner1844-09-21R1844-10-071844-09-21OngoingBourke County Airey.
P1845St John, George Frederick Berkeley(District) Commissioner1844-09-21R1844-10-071844-09-21OngoingBourke County
P1846St John, George Frederick Berkeley(District) Commissioner1844-09-21R1844-10-071844-09-21OngoingBourke County
P1847St John, George Frederick Berkeley(District) Commissioner1844-09-21R1844-10-071844-09-21OngoingBourke County
P1848St John, George Frederick Berkeley(District) Commissioner1844-09-21R1844-10-071844-09-211848-08-08Bourke CountySuspended, then dismissed.
P1849Powlett, Frederick Armand(District) Commissioner (Acting)1840-06-01R1849-01-011849-01-011849-03-05Bourke County St John.
P1849Simpson, James(District) Commissioner1849-03-06R1849-05-101849-03-06OngoingBourke County St John, Powlett.
P1850Simpson, James(District) Commissioner1849-03-06R1849-05-101849-03-06OngoingBourke County
P1851Simpson, James(District) Commissioner1849-03-06R1849-05-101849-03-061851-06-30Bourke County Colony of Victoria. Sheriff.
V1851Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander(District) Commissioner1851-07-01R1851-07-151851-07-01OngoingBourke County Simpson. Also GC.
V1852Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander(District) Commissioner1851-07-01R1851-07-151851-07-011852-12-31Bourke County Also GC.
V1853Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander(District) Commissioner1851-07-01 R1853-01-01OngoingBourke County
V1854Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander(District) Commissioner1851-07-01 R1853-01-011854-03-12Bourke County Resigned.
V1854Bell, Edward(District) CommissionerR1854-03-121854-05Bourke County N A Fenwick. Resigned.[03]
V1854Powlett, Frederick Armand(District) Commissioner1840-06-01 R1854-06-01OngoingBourke County Bell.
V1855Powlett, Frederick Armand(District) Commissioner1840-06-01 RTBDOngoingBourke County

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Notes

Notes
01⇑ District not specified, but date and district confirmed in NSW BB1843.
02⇑ District not specified, but date and district confirmed in NSW BB1843.
03⇑ Bell was Gazetted as succeeding Fenwick as CL for Bourke in March 1854, but is said to have resigned as CL for Wimmera and succeeded by Clow in May 1854.

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Updates

2024-12-09Page created.