Tasmania 1833-1835 (Jury qualified)

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This list details Tasmanians in 1833-1835 who met the requirements for jury service:

“Every man [or woman] above the age of 21, and having any real estate of the annual value of 60/., or real and personal together of the value of 80/., or being the tenant of a house, if in Hobart-town or Launceston, of a yearly rental of 75/., or if in any other part of the colony 50/. is qualified and liable to serve as a juror, whether special or common. Persons described in the jury list as an esquire, merchant, or bank director are to be deemed special jurors, and are exempt from serving on any common jury, unless by their own consent.”

For each record, the police district is noted. At the bottom of this page is a description of the police district.

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Descriptions of Police districts in 1833-1835 (quoted from the source material).

POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART TOWN

Bounded on the south and west by the Huon river and a line drawn across Mount Wellington to the Black Snake and on the east side by the river Derwent including Brune island Compiled from the list of persons qualified to serve as jurors to which are added the settlers recently arrived.

POLICE DISTRICT OF LAUNCESTON

Bounded on the south by Campbell town district – on the north and east by the sea including Cape Portland and Water house Swan and other islands.

POLICE DISTRICT OF NEW NORFOLK

Bounded from the Black snake to the Huon river by the Hobart town district by the Huon and by a line drawn from the source of that river along the south side of Mountfield till it joins the Derwent at the bottom of the Peak of Teneriffe It then follows the course of the Derwent till its junction with the Clyde which divides it for a short distance from that district till it reaches the township of Hamilton when it is bounded by a line drawn due east till it meets the river Jordan at the Black brush which river then divides it from the Richmond district till it joins the Derwent opposite the Black snake.

POLICE DISTRICT OF NORFOLK PLAINS

Bounded on the east by Campbell town district on the south by Oatlands on the west by the river Ouse by the range of mountains extending from the Platform bluff to the source of the river Forth at Emu plains and thence by the Forth to the sea on the north by the sea from the mouth of the Forth to Port Sorell on the east by the river Rubicon and the Western river till it meets the Lake river on to the junction of that river with the South Esk where it bounds the Campbell town district as before.

POLICE DISTRICT OF CAMPBELLTOWN

Bounded on the south by the Oyster bay and Oatlands districts on the west by the Lake river from its source at Wood’s lake till its junction with the South Esk river and on the north by the South Esk up to the source of the Break o’day river and thence by a line drawn due east to the sea at Patrick’s head.

POLICE DISTRICT OF BOTHWELL

Bounded on the south by New Norfolk district on the west by the river Dee Lake Echo and a line running north to the River Ouse on the north and east by the Ouse across to Mr Sherwin’s farm when it is separated from the Oatlands district on the north by a line drawn east till it meets the Jordan at Mr Gregson’s the course of which river it then follows till it meets the points of the other districts at the Black brush.

POLICE DISTRICT OF OATLANDS

Bounded on the south and west by the Richmond and Clyde districts on the north by a line drawn from the river Ouse to the Shannon by the Shannon until its junction with a rivulet flowing from the Lagoon of islands by Lake Arthur and the river which connects it with Wood’s lake and so on by the lake already described separating Buckinghamshire from Cornwall till it meets a line drawn due north and south dividing it from the Oyster bay district till it again meets the Richmond district and Prossers’s river.

POLICE DISTRICT OF GREAT SWAN PORT

Bounded on the south by Spring bay and Prosser’s river on the west by Oatlands and the continuation of the line as before described dividing it from the Campbell town district by the boundary of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Cornwall and on the east by the sea including Freycinet’s peninsula and Schouten’s island.

POLICE DISTRICT OF BRIGHTON

Included in the Division of the Richmond District.

POLICE DISTRICT OF RICHMOND

Bounded on the south and west by Storm bay the river Derwent and the Jordan as far as the Black brush when it is separated from the Oatlands district by a line drawn through Jerusalem across the Coal river at Mr Walkinshaw’s through Prosser’s plains and along Prosser’s river to the sea which then bounds it on the east including Maria island.


POLICE DISTRICT OF CAMPBELLTOWN

Bounded on the south by the Oyster bay and Oatlands districts on the west by the Lake river from its source at Wood’s lake till its junction with the South Esk river and on the north by the South Esk up to the source of the Break o’day river and thence by a line drawn due east to the sea at Patrick’s head.