Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1854 – Police Magistrates

Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1854 – Police Magistrates

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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

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Or 1853-01-13.
02⇑ BB1854 has January 1854.
03⇑ When moved? Absent 1854-04-01 to 1854-06-30.
04⇑ BB1854 confusingly has March 1853.
05⇑ BB1854 notes that he was also CCL, but no other evidence for this.
06⇑ Originally 1853-02-09.
07⇑ Uncertain when Plunkett was made redundant.
08⇑ BB1854 and BB1855 have 1850-01-01 for appointment Stipendiary/Resident Magistrate.
09⇑ Appointed paid CCL and succeeded by Barnard, though his CCL entry has PM 1854-03-01 to 1854-12-31.
10⇑ BB1854 has 1854-06.

Sources

Registrar-General's Office, Victoria; Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1854; Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1855 (Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 943, P0000-0004) [BB1854].
Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1854.

Updates

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