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Surveyor General of Tasmania

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Surveyor General of Tasmania is a position originally created for the colony of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania from 1855 now a state of Australia).

List of Surveyors General of Tasmania

Surveyor General Period in office Notes
George William Evans 1826 appointed, but did not assume office
Edward Dumaresq 1825 – 1827 acting
George Frankland 1827 – 1838
Edward Boyd 1839 – 1841 acting
Robert Power July 1841 – June 1857[1]
James Sprent 1857 – Sept. 1859 acting
James Erskine Calder Sept. 1859 – 30 June 1870[2] Surveyor General position abolished 30 June 1870[2]
Henry Butler 1870 – 1872 Ministers for Lands and (Public) Works from July 1870 to 1894
C. Meredith 1872 – 1873
W. Moore 1873 – 1876
C. Meredith 1876
Christopher O’Reilly 1876 – 1877
W. Moore 1877
Nicholas John Brown 1877 – 1878
Christopher O’Reilly 1878 – 1882
Nicholas John Brown 1882 – 1887
E.N.C. Braddon 1887 – 1888
Alfred Edward Pillinger 1888 – 1892
W. Hartnoll 1892 – 1894
Alfred Edward Pillinger 1894
Edward Albert Counsel 1894 – 1924 Surveyor-General title resumed from 1894
William Nevin Tatlow Hurst 1925 – 1937 Title: Secretary of Lands; Surveyor-General title abolished again, see Land Surveyor's Act, 1924. Five other positions in the department also abolished at this time, to economise.
C.M. Pitt 1938 – 1953
C.C.A. (Charles?) Butler 1974 - Jan 1986
Christopher M. Rowe 1988 - 2002 acting in Jan 1988, permanent by 1991
Peter Murphy 2002 - 2013
Michael Giudici 2013 - Present

See also


References

  1. ^ Love, A. R. (1967). "Power, Robert (1794–1869)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b Thwaites, Jack (1966). "Calder, James Erskine (1808–1882)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 June 2012.