Frederick Powlett

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Background

Frederick Armand Powlett was born in January 1811 in Shropshire, England, the son of Rev. Charles Powlett. In 1837 Powlett accompanied Sir John Franklin to Van Diemen's Land. After moving to the Port Phillip District he became a police magistrate. In November 1838 Powlett helped in the formation of the Melbourne Cricket Club and three years later became its foundation president. Powlett was a pioneer of the plains around Bacchus Marsh and the upper reaches of the Werribee River, and for many years he had large pastoral interests in the Mount Macedon, Pentland Hills and Pyalong regions.[1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

In 1840 Frederick Powlett was appointed commissioner for the Westernport district and was still there when gold was discovered. He became the first gold commissioner in Victoria, his jurisdiction including Anderson's Creek, Ballarat and Castlemaine, but he soon relinquished the post. In October 1852, after the death of Alastair MacKenzie, Powlett was temporarily appointed colonial treasurer, with a seat in the Executive Council, holding office until John Foster arrived from England in July 1853.[2]

Commissioner Powlett set up the first Camp at Mount Alexander from which licences were issued to diggers.

Post 1854 Experiences

Powlett next became chief commissioner of crown lands, but this post was abolished in 1860 while he was absent in England. Two years after his return to Victoria he became warden at the Buckland and later at Landsborough. In 1863 he was made police magistrate at Kyneton, an appointment which he held until his death in 1865.[3]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. P. M. Sales, 'Powlett, Frederick Armand (1811–1865)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/powlett-frederick-armand-2560/text3491, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 9 March 2021.
  2. P. M. Sales, 'Powlett, Frederick Armand (1811–1865)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/powlett-frederick-armand-2560/text3491, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 9 March 2021.
  3. P. M. Sales, 'Powlett, Frederick Armand (1811–1865)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/powlett-frederick-armand-2560/text3491, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 9 March 2021.

External links

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/powlett-frederick-armand-2560/text3491



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