This Day in History: 1885-12-10

William Dyer Cowan (Magistrates’ Clerk in Geraldton) acted as the Toodyay Resident Magistrate for three months (to April), when Octavius Burt was appointed to act as Assistant Colonial Secretary.

Sources:
WA government gazette, 8 Dec. 1885.
West Australian, 9 Dec. 1885, p. 3.
Western mail, 19 Dec. 1885, p.35.
Inquirer, 9 Dec. 1885, p.5.
Rica Erickson. Old Toodyay and Newcastle. Toodyay Shire Council, 1974, pp. 285-286.