Portland Bay Crown Lands District – Commissioners of Crown Lands


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Districts:

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

Bodies:

Portland Bay District: Crown Lands Court of Petty Sessions

Roles:

Commissioners

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	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next
P1840	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1840-07-01	1840-05-02	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1841	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1840-07-01	1840-05-02	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1842	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1840-07-01	1840-05-02	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1843	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1840-07-01	1840-05-02	1843-08-31	Portland Bay District	CCL.
P1843	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	1843-09-01	Portland Bay District
P1844	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1845	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1846	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1846	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1843-09-13	1843-09-01	1846-11-08	Portland Bay District	CCL.
P1847	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1848	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1849	Fyans, Foster	(District) Commissioner	1840-05-02	R	1846-11-09	1846-11-09	1849-07-31	Portland Bay District		PM.
P1849	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner	1849-08-01	R	1849-07-26	1849-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District	Fyans.
P1850	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner	1849-08-01	R	1849-07-26	1849-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
P1851	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner	1849-09-01	R	1849-07-26	1849-09-01	1851-06-30	Portland Bay District		Colony of Victoria.
V1851	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner	1849-09-01	R	1851-07-15	1851-07-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District	Also GC.
V1852	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner	1849-09-01	R	1851-07-15	1851-07-01	1852-12-31	Portland Bay District	Also GC.
V1853	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner		R		1853-01-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
V1854	Gray, William Nairn	(District) Commissioner		R		1853-01-01	1854-06-11	Portland Bay District		Died.
V1854	Puckle, Frederick Hale	(District) Commissioner		R	1854-07-28	1854-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District	Gray.
V1855	Puckle, Frederick Hale	(District) Commissioner		R		1854-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
V1857	Puckle, Frederick Hale	(District) Commissioner		R		1854-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
V1858	Puckle, Frederick Hale	(District) Commissioner		R		1854-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District
V1859	Puckle, Frederick Hale	(District) Commissioner		R		1854-08-01	Ongoing	Portland Bay District

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2024-11-29

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