Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1852 – Gold Commissioners

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1852 – Gold Commissioners

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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Gold Commissioners (Commissioners of Crown Lands for the Gold Fields)

BBNameTitleOriginalRSGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1852Addis, Edward BrownCommissioner1851-10-02 R1851-10-021851-10-02TBDGrant County Also CCL.[01]
V1852Armstrong, DavidAssistant Commissioner R1851-10-311852-02-011852-03-31 Police 1852-07-31.[02]
V1852Baxter, BenjaminAssistant Commissioner R1851-10-301851-10-291852-09-30 Resigned.
V1852Brackenbury, Walter CharlesAssistant Commissioner R1852-11-301852-11-241852-12-31
V1852Bull, John Edward NewellResident Commissioner R1852-10-091852-10-09Ongoing
V1852Clow, James MaxwellAssistant Commissioner R1852-02-141852-02-161852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Cockburn, Owsley RowleyAssistant Commissioner R1851-12-291852-01-011852-12-31
V1852Cooke, Samuel JohnAssistant Commissioner R1852-04-281852-05-011852-12-31 Sub-Treasurer 1853-01-25.
V1852Crespigny, Philip Robert ChampionAssistant Commissioner R1852-11-181852-11-221852-12-31 [03]
V1852Cruickshank, Charles EdwardAssistant Commissioner RTBD1852-11-011852-12-31
V1852Dane, JohnAssistant Commissioner R1851-12-061852-01-011852-02-03 Resigned.
V1852Doveton, Francis CrossmanAssistant Commissioner R1851-08-211851-08-191852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.[04]
V1852Eyre, Alfred JohnAssistant CommissionerR1851-12-201851-12-20OngoingBuninyong
V1852Fenwick, Nicholas AlexanderResident Commissioner (Acting)1851-08-08 R1851-08-081851-08-081852-02-18Bourke County Also CCL.[05]
V1852Fenwick, WilliamAssistant Commissioner R1852-04-281852-05-011852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Fletcher, JohnAssistant Commissioner R1851-11-171851-11-281852-06-30Gold District
V1852Foster, HenryAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-041852-10-041852-12-31 [06]
V1852Gilbert, George AlexanderAssistant Commissioner R1852-02-141852-02-161852-12-31
V1852Gray, William NairnCommissioner1851-10-02 R1851-10-021851-10-02TBDPortland Bay District Also CCL.[07]
V1852Green, JohnAssistant Commissioner R1852-11-291852-12-011852-12-31 [08]
V1852Hall, Charles BrowningAssistant Commissioner R1852-08-111852-08-281852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Heron, Thomas Denis StratfordAssistant Commissioner R1852-11-301852-12-011852-12-31
V1852Hutton, Francis FrederickAssistant Commissioner RTBD1852-11-011852-11-30 Resigned.
V1852Jacomb Hood, John KempAssistant Commissioner RTBD1852-12-201852-12-31
V1852Jones, FrancisAssistant CommissionerR1852-10-27[09]
V1852Kingdon, SamuelAssistant Commissioner RTBD1852-06-121852-10-18 Resigned.
V1852Lydiard, Charles John PitfieldAssistant Commissioner R1851-10-301851-10-291852-03-31 Gold Escort[10]
V1852Maclean, MordauntAssistant Commissioner R1852-03-301852-04-011852-06-05Ballarat Resigned.
V1852Meyer, EdwinAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-191852-10-191852-12-31 Kingdon.
V1852Morphy, John StephenAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-301852-11-051852-12-31 [11]
V1852Mostyn, Henry "Harry" PorterAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-041852-10-021852-12-31
V1852Panton, Joseph AndersonAssistant Commissioner RTBD1852-05-291852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Powlett, Frederick ArmandCommissioner1851-10-02 R1851-10-021851-10-021852-02-17Western Port District Also CCL.
V1852Puckle, Frederick HaleAssistant Commissioner RTBD1852-12-201852-12-31
V1852Rawnsley, Henry CharlesAssistant Commissioner R1852-03-011852-03-011852-04-30 Dismissed.
V1852Rede, Robert WilliamAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-091852-10-091852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Reynell, AlfredAssistant Commissioner R1852-06-011852-06-01Ongoing by South Australia.
V1852Rudston Read, CharlesAssistant Commissioner R1852-05-201852-05-251852-12-31
V1852Sherard, Charles WaleAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-281852-11-011852-12-31 [12]
V1852Smythe, George DouglasAssistant Commissioner R1852-02-141852-02-141852-08-31 Resigned.
V1852Smythe, Henry Wilson HutchinsonResident Commissioner (Acting) R1851-10-021852-01-011852-10-31Murray District Also CCL.[13]
V1852Smythe, Henry Wilson HutchinsonResident Commissioner RTBD1852-11-01Ongoing
V1852Symonds, Edward StaceAssistant Commissioner R1852-05-111852-04-241852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Thomson, John CampbellAssistant Commissioner R1852-03-011852-03-011852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Turner, WilliamAssistant Commissioner R1852-10-041852-10-011852-12-31 Senior Assistant GC.
V1852Tyers, Charles JamesCommissioner1851-10-02 R1851-10-021851-10-02TBDGipps Land District Also CCL.[14]
V1852Willoby, William AllanAssistant Commissioner R1852-11-031852-11-161852-12-31 [15]
V1852Wright, William HenryCommissioner R1851-10-021851-10-021852-02-17Wimmera District Also CCL. Acting Resident GC.[16]
V1852Wright, William HenryResident Commissioner (Acting) R1851-10-021852-02-181852-04-30 Powlett. Chief GC.
V1852Wright, William HenryChief Commissioner R1852-05-181852-05-01Ongoing Also CCL until 1852-06-30.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ It is unclear how long Addis, Gray, and Tyers retained the GC duties. It is unlikely to be past the end of 1852.
02⇑ BB1852 has new from date 1852-02-01.
03⇑ Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
04⇑ BB1852 has from date 1851.
05⇑ Retroactively considered Acting Resident Commissioner.
06⇑ Also listed as PM until the end of 1852, but it is uncertain whether he fulfilled both roles.
07⇑ It is unclear how long Addis, Gray, and Tyers retained the GC duties. It is unlikely to be past the end of 1852
08⇑ Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
09⇑ Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
10⇑ BB1852 has new from date 1851-10-29.
11⇑ Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
12⇑ Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
13⇑ Retroactively considered Acting Resident Commissioner.
14⇑ It is unclear how long Addis, Gray, and Tyers retained the GC duties. It is unlikely to be past the end of 1852
15⇑ Gazette notice published 1853-10-05
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Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1852; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1853 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0002) [BB1852].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1852.

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