Hare, Francis Augustus

Francis Augustus “Frank” Hare, 1830-1892

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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.
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,   = Succeeded,   = Transferred,   = Replaced.
= Position made permanent,   = Paid as (role).
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.
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,   = Army promotion by purchase of commission,   = By exchange.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed information.
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Life Events

Born:4 October 1830Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony [South Africa] [01].
Baptised:13 November 1830Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony [South Africa] [02].
Arrived:10 April 1852Melbourne, Colony of Victoria [03].
Married:28 July 1857Raymond Terrace, Colony of New South Wales, to Janet Wright Harper, née Snodgrass [1824-1896] [04] [05].
Died:9 July 1892Rupertswood, Sunbury, Colony of Victoria [residence of Sir William Clarke], aged 61 years [06] [07] [08].
Buried:12 July 1892Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Compartment N, No 0303] [09] [10] [11].

Golden Colony Roles

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Francis Augustus Hare [12]

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Date from Public Service lists.
02⇑ South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s [Ancestry (Membership required) 1 October 2023].
03⇑ Hare wrote that he arrived in Melbourne on 10 April 1852, but the only ships that arrived in Melbourne on that date were from Van Diemen's Land.
04⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Marriage Index D1857-002570.
05⇑ Married - Hare-Harper; The Age (Melbourne), 1 August 1857, p 4 [Trove, 1 October 2023]. Janet was the sister of Peter Snodgrass and widow of George Mitchell Harper.
06⇑ Death notices and grave have 9 July, but newspaper reports and probate have 10 July.
07⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1892-012071.
08⇑ Death - Hare; The Age (Melbourne), 11 July 1892, p 1 [Trove, 18 April 2023].
09⇑ Correspondence from Melbourne General Cemetery.
10⇑ Funeral Notices - Hare; The Argus (Melbourne), 12 July 1892, p 1 [Trove, 1 October 2023].
11⇑ Find a Grave - Francis Augustus Hare [ 1 October 2023].
12⇑ Francis Augustus Hare; in: Wikipedia [ 27 October 2024].

Further Reading

Memoirs:Francis Augustus Hare; The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang [4th Edition]; Hurst and Blackett, London, 1895.
Obituary:Hare, Francis Augustus (Frank) (1830-1892); Obituaries Australia [ 23 February 2024].
Profile:Francis Augustus Hare; Wikipedia [ 23 October 2024].
Statistics:Hare, Francis Augustus (1830-1892); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 1; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 303.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-24Life Events updated and references added.