Port Phillip Crown Lands District – Commissioners

Port Phillip Crown Lands District – Commissioners of Crown Lands


Contents:		Blue Book People Organisations Places Roles Research Notes Reference

Places:

Towns Counties Crown Lands Districts Mining Districts

Districts:

Headquarters Gipps Land Murray Port Phillip Portland Bay Western Port Wimmera Non-District Counties: Bourke Grant Normanby

Bodies:

Port Phillip District: Crown Lands Court of Petty Sessions

Roles:

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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Commissioners of Crown Lands

BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
P1836	D'Arcy, Frederick Robert	Commissioner			R	1836-09-20	1836-09-20	Ongoing	Port Phillip District								Assistant Surveyor.
P1836	Russell, Robert	Commissioner			R	1836-09-20	1836-09-20	Ongoing	Port Phillip District								Assistant Surveyor.
P1837	D'Arcy, Frederick Robert	Commissioner			R	1836-09-20	1836-09-20	1837-09-30	Port Phillip District								Assistant Surveyor.	Resigned.
P1837	Russell, Robert	Commissioner			R	1836-09-20	1836-09-20	1837-08-13	Port Phillip District								Assistant Surveyor.	Resigned.
P1837	Batman, Henry	Commissioner			R	1837-05-01	1837-05-01	Ongoing	Port Phillip District								Chief/District Constable.
P1837	Hoddle, Robert	Commissioner			R	1837-05-07	1837-05-07	1838?	Port Phillip District								Surveyor.
P1838	Batman, Henry	Commissioner			R	1837-05-01	1837-05-01	1838-08	Port Phillip District								Chief Constable.
P1838	Hoddle, Robert	Commissioner			R	1837-05-07	1837-05-07	1838?	Port Phillip District								Surveyor.
P1838	Snodgrass, Peter	(District) Commissioner	1838-02-09		R	1838-02-08	1838-02-09	Ongoing	Port Phillip District
P1839	Snodgrass, Peter	(District) Commissioner	1838-02-09		R	1838-02-08	1838-02-09	1839-03-31	Port Phillip District									Retired.
P1839	Gisborne, Henry Fysche	(District) Commissioner	1839-04-01		R	1839-05-21	1839-04-01	Ongoing	Port Phillip District								Snodgrass.

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Updates

2024-11-29

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