Smith, Alexander John

Alexander John Smith, 1812-1872




Contents:Profile Biography Research Notes

Life Events


Born:20 December 1812Greenwich, Kent, England.
Arrived:10 September 1844Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the barque Pestonjee Bomanjee. Departed London, 17 May 1844 [01] [02] [03].
Married:12 October 1844St John's Church of England, New Town (Hobart Town), Colony of Van Diemen's Land, to Sarah Aubrey Read [1820-1900] [04] [05].
Died:7 September 1872Government Camp, Camp Hill, Bendigo, Colony of Victoria [daughter and son-in-law's home], aged 59 years [06] [07].
Buried:10 September 1872Campbell's Creek (Castlemaine) Cemetery, Campbell's Creek, Colony of Victoria [08]

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Police Magistrate:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861
Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855
Gold Warden:18511852185318541855185618571858185918601861
Chinese Protector:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

Alexander John Smith [09]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1826-12-1813Volunteer First Class, HMS ThetisRoyal Navy Midshipman.
1830-12-05?Midshipman, HMS ThetisRoyal NavyWrecked off Cape Frio, Brazil.
1831-0318Returned to England on the HMS DruidRoyal NavyDischarged.
1832-01Midshipman, HMS HarrierRoyal Navy
1835-08-05Pass Royal Navy officers' examinationRoyal Navy Mate.
1835-12Mate, HMS CoveRoyal Navy
Mate, HMS SalamanderRoyal Navy
Mate, HMS MastiffRoyal Navy
1839-04Senior Mate, HMS ErebusRoyal Navy Lieutenant.
1841-08-16Lieutenant, HMS ErebusRoyal Navy

References


Notes

Notes
01 Shipping Report - Arrivals; The Hobart Town Advertiser, 13 September 1844, p 2 [Trove, 21 April 2023]
02 Graeme Broxam; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Volume 3 1843-1850; Navarine Publishing, Woden, 1998; p 35.
03 Spelling of the ship's name is from the Lloyd's Register.
04 Libraries Tasmania M1844-RGD37-1-4-1252 [ 11 May 2023]
05 Married - Smith-Read; The Hobart Town Advertiser, 15 October 1844, p 2 [Trove, 11 May 2023]
06 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1872-007997.
07 Deaths - Smith; The Argus (Melbourne), 9 September 1872, p 4 [Trove, 18 April 2023]
08 Items of News; Mount Alexander Mail, 11 September 1844, p 2 [Trove, 11 May 2023]
09 Parliament of Victoria [ 22 October 2024].

Further Reading

Biography:John Ramsland; From Antarctica to the Gold Rushes in the Wake of the Erebus; Brolga Publishing, Melbourne, 2011.
Profile:William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, p 1082.
Statistics:Alexander John Smith; Parliament of Victoria [ 5 November 2024].
Statistics:Kathleen Thomson, Alan Serle; A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament 1859-1900; Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972; p 192.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-01-31Page created.