Blue Book, Port Phillip District, 1836 – Crown Lands

Blue Book, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, 1836 – Commissioners of Crown Lands

Roles:The column headed R [Role] is the assigned role.
The columns headed PM [Police Magistrate], GF [Gold Commissioner (1851-1855) or Warden of the Gold Fields (1855-1907)], CL [Commissioner of Crown Lands], and CP [Chinese Protector] show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time. They do not include other roles, which may be indicated in the Comments column or on the person's profile page.
= Government Office (Paid),   = Government Duties (Unpaid),    = On leave,    = To be determined.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book,  CL = Commissioner of Crown Lands,  CP = Chinese Protector,  CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions,  GC = Gold Commissioner,  GR = Gold Receiver,
GW = Warden of the Gold Fields,  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 (under new legislation),   = Promoted,   = Demoted,   = Redesignated,   = Transferred,   = Replaced/Succeeded,
= Position made permanent,   = Paid as (role).
Assignments:The location or district the person was assigned to. A number is 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 (S1, S2): = Blue Book,   = Blue Book derived,   = Government Gazette,   = Government Gazette derived,   = Public Service List,   = Public Service List derived,
= Report,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract,   = Cemetery,   = Census,   = Legal,
= Newspaper family notice,   = Newspaper article,   = Book/Magazine,   = Other,   = Unconfirmed,   = Military service record,   = Internet.
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.
Other Symbols: = External link.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed information.
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Comments

Surveyors Robert Russell and D’Arcy were assigned to the Port Phillip District soon after the appointment of William Lonsdale. In the absence of any other government mechanisms in Port Phillip, they were also appointed Commissioners of Crown Lands to give them the powers to conduct their work surveying the new district.
At the time, a Commissioner of Crown Lands was a set of duties. It was not until 1837 that Commissioner of Crown Lands became a full-time position with responsibility for an entire district. Peter Snodgrass was the first such Commissioner of Crown Lands for Port Phillip, appointed in 1838.

Commissioners of Crown Lands

BBNameTitleOriginalRSGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
P1836D'Arcy, Frederick RobertCommissionerR1836-09-201836-09-20OngoingPort Phillip District Assistant Surveyor.
P1836Russell, RobertCommissionerR1836-09-201836-09-20OngoingPort Phillip District Assistant Surveyor.

References

Sources

Returns of the Colony of New South Wales for the Year 1836; (Unpublished), Sydney, 1837 [NSW BB1836].
Various issues of the New South Wales Government Gazette, 1836.

Updates

2024-11-10Page created.