Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1853 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1853 – Police Magistrates

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

The existing Police Magistrates were re-appointed as of 1 January 1853 under new legislation. Gazetted dates vary and Blue Book 1853 has this as the appointment date, though in later issues it reverted to the original appointment dates (including pre-Separation). I have gone with the Colony of Victoria dates. Most of the existing Commissioners of Crown Lands were appointed Police Magistrates, retaining their (now unpaid) Crown Lands duties.

Police Magistrates

BBNameTitleOriginalRSGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1853Bell, EdwardPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingLexton R P Stewart.
V1853Blair, JamesPolice Magistrate R1853-01-291853-01-011853-12-31Portland PM. Bourke County.
V1853Bonsey, William HenryPolice Magistrate R1853-01-291853-01-01OngoingGeelong Fyans.
V1853Campbell, ArchibaldPolice Magistrate (Acting) R1853-04-191853-05-011853Beechworth Resigned.
V1853Dewes (D'ewes), JohnPolice Magistrate (Acting) R1853-08-091853-08-071853-12-31Ballarat Henry Foster. Barrow's Inn.
V1853Eyre, Alfred JohnPolice Magistrate R1853OngoingBallarat
V1853Eyre, Alfred JohnPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011853Buninyong PM. Ballarat.
V1853Fenwick, Nicholas AlexanderPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingBourke County
V1853Foster, HenryPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011853-03-15Ballarat PM. Police Inspector.
V1853Gray, William NairnPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingThe Grange
V1853Haggitt, D'ArcyPolice Magistrate R1853-05-171853-05-081853Heathcote Resigned.
V1853Harper, George MitchellPolice Magistrate R1853-01-01OngoingBenalla PM.
V1853Harriott, GeorgePolice Magistrate R1853-05-091853-05-071853-12-31Wedderburn Castlemaine.
V1853Lapham, SamuelPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011853-01-31Warrnambool PM. Clerk PS.
V1853Lavender, WilliamPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingKyneton PM. Lapham.
V1853McCrae, Andrew MurisonPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011853-12-31Alberton PM. Warrnambool.
V1853McLachlan, LachlanPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-02-09OngoingCastlemaine Shadforth (on leave).
V1853McLachlan, LachlanPolice Magistrate R1853-03-29OngoingSandhurst [01]
V1853Noel, Wriothesley BaptistPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-02-06OngoingKilmore Plunkett.
V1853Pasco, Crawford Atchison DenmanPolice Magistrate R1853-01-01OngoingWilliamstown PM.
V1853Piper, WilliamPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011853-05-25Wangaratta Benalla.
V1853Piper, WilliamPolice Magistrate R1853-05-261853-05-26OngoingBenalla H W H Smythe.
V1853Plunkett, Christopher GeorgePolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingSwan Hill PM. Lavender.
V1853Price, HenryPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011854-01Ballarat Resigned.
V1853Shadforth, Robert WilliamPolice Magistrate R1853-01-011853-12Castlemaine PM.Resigned.
V1853Smythe, Henry Wilson HutchinsonPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-03-011853-03-31Benalla [02]
V1853Stewart, GeorgePolice Magistrate R1853-01-01OngoingBelfast PM.
V1853Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield ShirleyPolice Magistrate R1853-04-01OngoingWilliamstown
V1853Thomson, John CampbellPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-02-07OngoingGisborne
V1853Tyers, Charles JamesPolice Magistrate R1853-02-071853-01-01OngoingSale

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ McLachlan was gazetted to fill in for Shadforth at Castlemaine and BB1853 has this as his Sandhurst appointment date. Later issues have 28/29 March 1853.
02⇑ According to BB1853, Smythe had begun a leave of absence as GC and CCL at the beginning of March to return to England, but was appointed PM of Benalla for the month of March at full pay. He died on 15 May before leaving the colony.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1853; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1854 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0003) [BB1853].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1853.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-30Page and content created.