The Petition:
59/3652 – 19th August, 1859
59/3419 − 22 August, 1859
Mr Wade
13th August 1859
Transmitting a Memorial from Inhabitants Tambaroora against removal of Forster, Gold Comm. & Resident Magistrate
I beg to forward to your office for presentation to His Excellency the Governor General, the enclosed memorial from the resident Inhabitants of the Township of Tambaroora, also to communicate their respectful solicitations that you will have the kindness to cause the same to be laid before His Excellency at your earliest convenience.
I am
Sir,
Your most Obedient Servant
William Wade
On behalf of a Committee of the aforesaid Inhabitants appointed to carry out the object.
To The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary
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Sydney.
Tambaroora, 13th August 1859
To His Excellency Sir William Thomas Denison Knight, Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor General in, and over all Her Majesty’s Territories of New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, Captain General, and Governor in Chief in and over the territories of New South Wales and its dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same.
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This Petition of the resident inhabitants of the District of Tambaroora
Most Respectfully sheweth –
That Your Excellency Memorialists hear with extreme regret that it is the intention of certain interested parties to effect the removal of their esteemed Commissioner, Thomas Forster, Esquire, who, both as Gold Commissioner and Resident Magistrate at Tambaroora, has given the public general satisfaction for several years, and is, consequently, highly, and deservedly respected by them, not only for his general urbanity as Gold Commissioner, but also for his strictly impartial administration of the laws as a resident Magistrate.
That Your Memorialists earnestly hope Your Excellency will feel pleased to withhold your sanction to such removal, for the aforesaid reasons, and to retain a Government Officer in whom the general public of Tambaroora place the greatest confidence.
For which Your Excellency’s Memorialists will, as in duty bound ever pray. Etc.
The Petitioners:
| Adams | William |
| Anderson | John |
| Anderson | George |
| Anderson | James |
| Apsley | William |
| Arnold | Thomas |
| Badman | Samuel |
| Baldwin | William |
| Barber | Edward |
| Barlow | James |
| Barnes | John |
| Barnett | Edward |
| Baskerville | John |
| Baskerville | Joseph |
| Beard | John |
| Bennett | James |
| Booth | Thomas |
| Brand | Robert |
| Brown | Samuel |
| Bryden | William |
| Bumstead | John |
| Burns | Samuel |
| Campbell | Francis |
| Camwell | Edwin |
| Carr | Henry |
| Carr | John |
| Cassidy Junior | Michael |
| Charters | James |
| Chesterfield | Frederick |
| Chivers | George |
| Clark | John |
| Clarke | Lewis |
| Clements | John |
| Clothier | George |
| Colbert | Charles |
| Collings | Reuben |
| Collister | William |
| Cook | John |
| Cormack | Christopher |
| Cormer | Andrew |
| Cowell | James |
| Cox | Thomas |
| Cramer | Henry |
| Cullen | Richard |
| Cullen | William |
| Cullen Junior | James |
| Cullen Senior | James |
| Cully | Thomas |
| Cunningham | William |
| Cutts | T |
| Cutts | James |
| Cutts (Sen) | Joseph |
| Dagger | James |
| Darrell | James |
| Devonport | C. |
| Dewdney | George |
| Diener | Alois |
| Dillistone | Thomas |
| Dwyer | Henry |
| Edwards | William |
| Edwards | James |
| Eichram | George |
| Ellis | Samuel |
| Ennis | Walter |
| Ennis | John |
| Eryson | Hans E. |
| Evans | Charles |
| Everson | John |
| Farmer | R. W. |
| Farrington | Redmond |
| Fisher | J. |
| Fletcher | George |
| Flint | William |
| Foster | Richard |
| Fraser | Angus |
| Fry | William |
| Gain | James |
| Gain | George S. |
| Giles | John |
| Gillies | Nathaniel |
| Goodwin | Enoch |
| Grattan | Charles |
| Grieg | William |
| Griffin | John |
| Gudgeon | Francis |
| Gudgeon | John |
| Haggard | Samuel |
| Hall | George |
| Hancock | Edward |
| Hanshaw | John |
| Hawke | Richard |
| Hearring | Maurice |
| Hendie?sen | James |
| Henrickson? Junior | John |
| Hosie | Stanley |
| Housely | Joseph |
| Howard | Henry |
| Iver | James |
| Jenkins | James |
| Johnson | David B. |
| Johnson | James |
| Jones | John |
| Jones | Robert |
| Jowett | John |
| Kearn | Peter |
| Kearn | John Patrick |
| Kenton | William |
| Kenworthy | John Proctor |
| Kert? | Nicholas |
| Knight | Dr J. B. |
| Kyle | Robert |
| Lackman | Charles James |
| Land | Robert |
| Lee | Matthew |
| Levey | Thomas |
| Levy | Joseph |
| Lightening | James |
| Lye | Joseph |
| Lynch | Maurice |
| Lynch Junior | John |
| Lynch Senior | John |
| Macdonald | Frederick |
| Macquick | David |
| Martin | Thomas |
| Martin | John |
| Matthews | Henry |
| May | Henry George |
| McCreight | John |
| McCue | John |
| McEwen | John |
| McGrath | Michael |
| Mcguiner? | Walter |
| McNamara | Matthew |
| Merry | James |
| Mitchell | James |
| Molony | Edward |
| Morgan | John Price |
| Murphy | Thomas |
| Murray | William |
| Neadrick | William |
| Neale | J. |
| Neale | James |
| Newton | James |
| Nicholas | John |
| Nicholas Junior | Thomas |
| Nicholas Senior | Thomas |
| Nicholl | Hugh |
| Nicholls | Stephen |
| Noble | Arthur |
| Noble | Arthur |
| Noidin | Jonas |
| O’Brien | William |
| Oliveira Melchior | J?oa Jose |
| Palmer | John |
| Palmer | William |
| Palmer Junior | John |
| Parker | Thomas |
| Parr | William |
| Parrott | William |
| Paten | Thomas |
| Paxton | Joseph B. |
| Paxton | James |
| Peaty | George |
| Peitzeker | H. |
| Pennoyer? | E. A. |
| Phillips | James O. |
| Phillips | James |
| Pister? | Edward H.R. |
| Potter? | Henry |
| Poulson | Joseph |
| Reid | Samuel |
| Reid | Isaac |
| Renateau | Samuel |
| Renshill | John |
| Renshill Junior | John |
| Rivers | Elijah |
| Rivers | Francis? |
| Rivers | Frederick |
| Rivers | Charles |
| Roberts | J. R. |
| Robertson | Alexander |
| Roe | Richard |
| Ross | John |
| Ross Senior | James |
| Russell | James |
| Salkeld | Luke |
| Salkeld | James |
| Savage | Charles |
| Seide | William |
| Shepherd | Ambrose |
| Sierney | James |
| Simmonds | Henry |
| Slack | Joseph Thomas |
| Slack (P.Master) | William James |
| Slack Junior | William James |
| Smith | William |
| Smith | Thomas |
| Smith | James |
| Smith 2nd | James |
| Smyth | H. M. |
| Spencer | William W. |
| Spollon | Michael |
| Standbridge | Joseph |
| Standing | John |
| Standing | Samuel |
| Stephens | William |
| Stephens | Maurice |
| Stewart | James A. |
| Styles | Thomas Lewis |
| Trengrove | Samuel |
| Vollum | John |
| Wade | Robert |
| Wade Junior | William |
| Wade Junior 2nd | William |
| Wade Senior | William |
| Walpole | Joseph |
| Walsh | Michael |
| Warby | William |
| Watson | Hepburn A. |
| Webster | William |
| Weir | John King |
| Werner | Francis |
| White | George |
| Whiteway Junior | William |
| Whiteway Senior | William |
| Wiggett | James |
| Willard | James ?. |
| Williams | George |
| Williams | John |
| Winslett | William |
| Wythes | Edward |
| Wythes Junior | Thomas |
| Yates | George |
Attached Certificate.
To His Excellency Sir William Thomas Denison, Knight; Commander of the
Most Honriable Order of the Bath, and Governor General of all Her Majesty
Australian Territories. ____
Etc. ____ Etc. ____ Etc. ____
May it please you Excellency; ___
We, the undersigned members of the committee appointed by the servant Traders, Miners and other Inhabitants of Tambaroora whose names are subscribed to this memorial, most respectfully be leave to submit for your Excellency’s consideration the following reason for our having also forwarded a copy of the same.
That notwithstanding all precautionary measures were taken to keep the original circulating for signature, it was found to be practically impossible with respect to the mining class in general, yet we consider it essentially requisite to forward it to your Excellency as a genuine voucher for the correctness of the accompanying Copy.
Thomas Lewis Stylon
William Wade Senior
William James Slack
Thomas Paten
John Beard
J Millen
