Blue Book, Colony of Victoria, 1878 – Police Magistrates and Wardens of the Gold Fields


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Port Phillip District (1836-1851) Colony of Victoria (1851-1900) Victoria (1901-1929)

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1878 Courts of Petty Sessions Gold Wardens

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Roles:

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1878 Police Magistrates and Gold Wardens

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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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Comments

Twenty-nine of the thirty-two Police Magistrates were dismissed on 8 January 1878. This order was cancelled on 24 January 1878 as its legality had been challenged. A replacement order, invoking the terms of the Civil Service Act 1862, was issued the same day. I have left the 8 January date in the following list. Fourteen of the Police Magistrates were later reinstated, representing a significant decrease in the number of Police Magistrates.

The dismissals were based on their paid public service jobs as Police Magistrates. Dismissal and reinstatement to the additional duties of Warden of the Gold Fields and Coroner (as well as any other role they held at the time) is implied.

A number of Clerks of Courts were temporarily given the responsibilities of Warden of the Gold Fields until the Police Magistrates were reinstated.

Police Magistrates (also Wardens of the Gold Fields, Coroners)

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BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next	FN
V1878	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Akehurst, Arthur Purssell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-06-11	1878-06-11	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Alley, James Henry Cooper	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Alley, James Henry Cooper	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Butler, Walter	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed. Died 1878-01-27.
V1878	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Carr, Charles Warburton	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Carr, Charles Warburton	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Cogdon, John Montague	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Dowling, Charles Cholmeley	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Foster, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	Ongoing
V1878	Gaunt, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Hamilton, John Prendergast	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Hamilton, John Prendergast	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Heron, Thomas Denis Stratford	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Holmes, John	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-02			Resigned. to New Zealand.
V1878	Howitt, Alfred William	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Howitt, Alfred William	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Langford, George	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Ogier, John Creuzé Hingeston	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Orme, Francis Knox	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-04-14
V1878	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Pitcairn, Robert	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Puckle, Frederick Hale	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Richardson, William Lyle	Police Magistrate	1876-03-06	V	1876-03-06	1876-03-06	1878-01-08	Cowana	PM Wentworth NSW.	Dismissed.
V1878	Richardson, William Lyle	Police Magistrate	1876-03-06	V	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Cowana	PM.		[01]
V1878	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Shuter, Charles	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Smith, Bernhard William	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Smith, Bernhard William	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Strutt, Charles Edward	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Templeton, William	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Thomson, John Campbell	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Thomson, John Campbell	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.
V1878	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1875-01-04	1875-01-04	1878-01-08			Dismissed.
V1878	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing		PM.

References

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	Gazette notice still to be found.

Sources

Various issues of the Victoria Government Gazette, 1878.

Updates

2024-11-10	Gold Wardens split to a separate page.
2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2022-03-27	Page and content created.