Frederick Armand Powlett (6 January 1811 – 9 June 1865) was a Treasurer of Victoria and inaugural president of the

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. Powlett was born in

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, England, the son of the Reverend Charles Powlett and descendant of cricket administrator Charles Powlett (1728–1809). Frederick Powlett travelled with

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to Van Diemen's Land (later renamed

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) in 1837. Powlett then moved to the

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being Commissioner of Crown Lands from 1838 to 1860 and becoming a police magistrate. Powlett was one of the five founders of the Melbourne Cricket Club in November 1838 and was elected its inaugural president in 1841. Powlett was the first gold commissioner in Victoria — his district included Ballarat and Castlemaine. Powlett became Treasurer of Victoria on 30 September 1852 after the death of

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. Powlett became a captain the Castlemaine Rifles (Kyneton corps). On 9 June 1865 Powlett died at

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. The Powlett River was named in 1841 in his honour after an arrest at this place of two (Aboriginal) men, Tunnerminnerwait (known as Jack) and Maulboyheenner (known as Bob, or sometimes called Timmy or Jimmy), who became the first people executed in the Port Phillip District.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powlett, Frederick Armand 1804 births 1865 deaths Treasurers of Victoria English emigrants to colonial Australia Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Victoria cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 19th-century British sportsmen Gold commissioners 19th-century Australian public servants