Person
Rolleston, Christopher (1817 - 1888)
CMG
- Born
- 27 July 1817
Burton-Joyce, Nottinghamshire, England - Died
- 9 April 1888
Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Public servant
Summary
Christopher Rolleston was Registrar-General 1855-1864. In 1856 he launched the compulsory registration of births, deaths and marriages, based upon statistical principles introduced earlier in Victoria by W.H. Archer. The details required on the new registration forms made the records among the fullest and most useful in the world. He later became Auditor-General (1864-1883) and was heavily involved in many external bodies including: President of Philosophical (later Royal) Society of New South Wales; Director of the European Assurance Society; Director of the Mercantile Bank of Sydney; Director of the Australian Gaslight Co; superannuation fund commissioner; a trustee of the Australian Club; an official trustee of the Australian Museum; and chairman of the Government Asylums Board for the Infirm and Destitute.
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Chronology
- 1842 - 1853
- Career position - Commissioner of crown lands in Darling Downs
- 1855
- Career position - Private Secretary to the Governor-General, Sir William Denison
- 1855 - 1864
- Career position - Registrar-General
- 1864 - 1883
- Career position - Auditor-General
- 1869
- Career position - President of the imperial royal commission into alleged kidnapping of natives of the Loyalty Islands
- 1879
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Published resources
Book Sections
- Cunneen, Chris, 'Rolleston, Christopher (1817 - 1888)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 55-56. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060061b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5113158. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92916552. Details
- 'Rolleston, Christopher (1817-1888)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-545690. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018