Postmaster-General of Victoria

The Postmaster-General of Victoria was a position in the government of the colony Victoria (Australia) prior to the Federation of Australia in 1901. The position was created soon after Victoria became a separate colony in 1851 (see History of Victoria).

List of Postmasters-General of Victoria

Postmaster-General	Period in office
William Henry Fancourt Mitchell	April 1857 – March 1858
George Samuel Evans	March 1858 – October 1859
John Robinson Bailey	October 1859 – October 1860
Hibbert Newton	October 1860 – November 1860
Thomas Loader	December 1860 – March 1861
John Macadam	April – November 1861
George Samuel Evans	December 1861 – June 1863
Thomas Howard Fellows	October 1863 – March 1864
James McCulloch	May 1864 – May 1868
George Verney Smith	July 1868 – September 1869
vacant	September 1869 – June 1872
Edward Langton	June 1872 – July 1874
Robert Ramsay	July 1874 – August 1875
Peter Lalor	August – October 1875
Robert Ramsay	October 1875 – May 1877
Peter Lalor	May 1877 – July 1877
Henry Cuthbert	July 1877 – July 1878
James Patterson	July 1878 – March 1880
Henry Cuthbert	March 1880 – August 1880
vacant	August 1880 – July 1881
Henry Bolton	July 1881 - March 1883
Graham Berry	March 1883 – April 1884
James Campbell	April 1884 – February 1886
Frederick Derham	February 1886 – August 1890
James Patterson	September 1890 – November 1890
John Gavan Duffy	November 1890 – April 1892
William Zeal	April 1892 – November 1892
Alexander Peacock	November 1892 – January 1893
Agar Wynne	January 1893 – September 1894
John Gavan Duffy	September 1894 – December 1899
William Watt	December 1899 – November 1900
William Gurr	November 1900 – March 1901

From 1901 the duties were taken over by the Commonwealth of Australia.

References

• Lists of British, Australian and New Zealand Surveyors-General, Government Geologists... Retrieved 10 January 2013
• Australian Dictionary of Biography - Postmaster-general