Smith, Alexander John

Alexander John Smith, 1812-1872

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Contents:Alexander John Smith:  Profile  Biography  Research Notes
Explanations:
Columns:R [Role]; S [Sources].
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.
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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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⇑ Marriages RGD37/1/4, No 1252 [Libraries Tasmania; 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⇑ Alexander John Smith [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.