| Roles (R): | = Government Office (Paid), = Government Duties (Unpaid), = On leave, = To be determined, = Squatter/Grazier, = Private enterprise, = Parliament/Council, |
| = British Army, = Royal Marines, = British Militia, = State Militia, = East India Company Army, = Royal Navy, = Other Maritime, |
| = Education, = Army Education, = Navy Education, = Immigration, = Emigration, = Other voyage. |
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| 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. |
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| Appointments: | = Appointed, = Reappointed (under new legislation), = Promoted, = Demoted, = Redesignated, = Succeeded, = Transferred, = Replaced. |
| = Position made permanent, = Paid as (role). |
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| Sources (S): | = 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Other Symbols: | = External link, = Army promotion by purchase of commission, = By exchange. |
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| Unconfirmed: | All text in magenta is unconfirmed information. |
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