Bourke County Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates

Bourke County Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

Places:

Towns Counties Crown Lands Districts Mining Districts

Counties:

Bourke Grant Normanby

Bodies:

County of Bourke: Crown Lands Court of Petty Sessions County Coroner

Roles:

Police Magistrates

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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Police Magistrates

BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
V1853	Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander	Police Magistrate			R	1853-02-07	1853-01-01	Ongoing	Bourke County
V1854	Blair, James	Police Magistrate			R		1853-01-01	1854-01-28	Bourke County								N A Fenwick, but cancelled.
V1854	Fenwick, Nicholas Alexander	Police Magistrate			R		1853-01-01	1854-03-12	Bourke County									Resigned.
V1854	Price, Matthew	Police Magistrate			R		1854-02-22	Ongoing	Bourke County								N A Fenwick.
V1855	Noel, Wriothesley Baptist	Police Magistrate			R				Bourke County									Resigned.
V1855	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	Police Magistrate			R	1855-10-05	1855-10-01	Ongoing	Bourke County								Noel.
V1856	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	Police Magistrate			R		1855-10-01	Ongoing	Bourke County
V1857	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	Police Magistrate			R		1855-10-01	Ongoing	Bourke County
V1858	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	Police Magistrate			R		1855-10-01	1858-02-14	Bourke County									Melbourne.
V1858	Martin, Septimus	Police Magistrate			R		1858-02-15	Ongoing	Bourke County								Hackett whilst Sturt on leave.
V1859	Martin, Septimus	Police Magistrate			R		1858-02-15	1859	Bourke County
V1859	Hackett, Charles Prendergast	Police Magistrate			R		TBD	Ongoing	Bourke County								Martin.

References

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Updates

2024-11-29

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