Castlemaine Mining District – Chinese Protectors

Castlemaine Mining District – Chinese Protectors


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

Places:

Towns Counties Crown Lands Districts Mining Districts

Districts:

Headquarters Ararat Avoca Ballarat Beechworth Castlemaine Maryborough Sandhurst

Bodies:

Castlemaine: Gold Commission Gold Wardens Chinese Protectorate

Roles:

Chinese Protectors

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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Chinese Protectors (Protectors of the Chinese)

BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
V1855	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01		Castlemaine District
V1856	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01		Castlemaine District
V1857	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01	Ongoing	Castlemaine District
V1858	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01	Ongoing	Castlemaine District
V1859	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01	Ongoing	Castlemaine District									PM Smythe's Creek.	[01]
V1860	Hamilton, John Prendergast	(District) Chinese Protector			R		1855-07-01	1860-06-30	Castlemaine District										[02]

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	According to BB1860, Hamilton was appointed PM at Smythe's Creek on 1859-05-02, but paid as CP until 1860-06-30. However, the Mount Alexander Mail reported on 1860-12-59 that Hamilton had not acted as CP at Castlemaine since his appointment as PM and was not replaced.
02⇑	According to BB1860, Hamilton was appointed PM at Smythe's Creek on 1859-05-02, but paid as CP until 1860-06-30. However, the Mount Alexander Mail reported on 1860-12-59 that Hamilton had not acted as CP at Castlemaine since his appointment as PM and was not replaced.

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Updates

2025-01-10

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