Relieving Magistrates


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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	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next	FN
V1883	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-06-11	1878-06-11	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1884	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-06-11	1878-06-11	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1885	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-06-11	1878-06-11	1885	Relieving Magistrates		Board of Public Health.
V1886	(Vacant)					1886-01-01	1886-05-24	Relieving Magistrates
V1886	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1886-05-25	1886-05-25	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1887	Cooper, John Sisson	Police Magistrate	1886-05-25	R	1886-05-25	1886-05-25	1887-11-05	Relieving Magistrates		Bairnsdale.
V1887	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1887	1887	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	Cooper.
V1888	Nicolson, Charles Hope	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1887	1887	1888-08	Relieving Magistrates		Hamilton.
V1888	(Vacant)					1888-09	1888-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1889	(Vacant)					1889-01-01	1889-02	Relieving Magistrates
V1889	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1889-03	1889-03	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1890	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1889-03	1889-03	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1891	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1889-03	1889-03	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1892	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1889-03	1889-03	1892-05	Relieving Magistrates		Ballarat.
V1892	(Vacant)					1892-06	1892-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1893	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate	1889-09-23	R	1893	1893	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1894	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate	1889-09-23	R	1893	1893	1894	Relieving Magistrates		Suburban.
V1895	(Vacant)					1895-01-01	1895-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1896	(Vacant)					1896-01-01	1896-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1897	(Vacant)					1897-01-01	1897-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1898	(Vacant)					1898-01-01	1898-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1899	(Vacant)					1899-01-01	1899-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1900	(Vacant)					1900-01-01	1900-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1901	(Vacant)					1901-01-01	1901-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1902	(Vacant)					1902-01-01	1902-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1903	(Vacant)					1903-01-01	1903-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1904	Murphy, Henry Morgan	Police Magistrate	1904	R	1904	1904	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1905	Murphy, Henry Morgan	Police Magistrate	1904	R	1904	1904	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1906	Murphy, Henry Morgan	Police Magistrate	1904	R	1904	1904	1906	Relieving Magistrates		Ballarat.
V1906	Cohen, Philip	Police Magistrate	1906	R	1906	1906	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	H M Murphy.
V1907	Cohen, Philip	Police Magistrate	1906	R	1906	1906	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1908	Cohen, Philip	Police Magistrate	1906	R	1906	1906	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1909	Cohen, Philip	Police Magistrate	1906	R	1906	1906	1909-11	Relieving Magistrates		Malvern.
V1909	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	Cohen.
V1910	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1911	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1912	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1913	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1914	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1915	Tanner, Vivian	Police Magistrate	1909-11-10	R	1909-11-10	1909-11-10	1915	Relieving Magistrates		Geelong.
V1916	(Vacant)					1916-01-01	1916-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1917	(Vacant)					1917-01-01	1917-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1918	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1918	1918	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates			[01]
V1919	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1918	1918	1919	Relieving Magistrates	Not specified in PSL.	Inglewood.
V1920	(Vacant)					1920-01-01	1920-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1921	(Vacant)					1921-01-01	1921-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1922	(Vacant)					1922-01-01	1922-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1923	(Vacant)					1923-01-01	1923-12-31	Relieving Magistrates
V1924	Grant, David	Police Magistrate	1922-08-22	V	1924	1924	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	Also Melbourne.
V1925	Grant, David	Police Magistrate	1922-08-22	V	1924	1924	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	Also Melbourne.
V1926	Grant, David	Police Magistrate	1922-08-22	V	1924	1924	1926	Relieving Magistrates	Also Melbourne.	City.
V1926	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1926	1926	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	Grant.
V1927	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1926	1926	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1928	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1926	1926	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates
V1929	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1926	1926	1929-06	Relieving Magistrates		Brunswick.
V1929	Stafford, Edwin Richard	Police Magistrate	1929-06-25	R	1929-06-25	1929-06-25	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates	O'Callaghan.
V1929	Wilson, William Charles	Police Magistrate	1923-01-13	R	1929-11	1929-11	Ongoing	Relieving Magistrates

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Notes
01⇑	Not specified in Public Service list.

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