Wedderburn Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates

Wedderburn Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates


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Bodies:

Wedderburn: Court of Petty Sessions

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	Harriott, George	Police Magistrate			R	1853-05-09	1853-05-07	1853-12-31	Wedderburn									Castlemaine.
V1860	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate			R		1858-06-14	Ongoing	Wedderburn
V1861	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate			R		1858-06-14	Ongoing	Wedderburn
V1862	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate			R			Ongoing	Wedderburn									Sandhurst.
V1891	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29		R	1891	1891	Ongoing	Wedderburn	10
V1892	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29		R	1891	1891	Ongoing	Wedderburn	10								Seymour.
V1892	Rowan, Joseph	Police Magistrate	1890-05-13		R	1892	1892	Ongoing	Wedderburn	10							Greene.		[01]
V1893	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29		R	1891	1891	Ongoing	Wedderburn	10
V1894	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29		R	1891	1891	Ongoing	Wedderburn	10
V1895	Greene, William Wentworth	Police Magistrate	1890-04-29		R	1891	1891	1895	Wedderburn	10								Inglewood.

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Notes
01⇑	This transfer may not have happened as Rowan was in Beechworth in the 1893 list.

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Updates

2024-11-02	URL changed and page formatting revised.
2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2022-03-23	Page created.