Surveyor General of Queensland
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Surveyor General of Queensland is a position originally created for the colony of Queensland, now a state of Australia. The position was the most senior surveyor within the Queensland Public Service.
List of Surveyor Generals of Queensland
Surveyor General | Period in office | Notes | |
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Sir Augustus Charles Gregory | 1859 – 1875[1] | ||
William Alcock Tully | 1875 – 1889[1] | (acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880)[2] | |
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson | 1889 – 1891[1] | ||
Archibald McDowall | 1891 – 1902[1] | ||
Allan Alfred Spowers | 1902 – 1926[1] | Chief Surveyor until 1907, son-in-law of Davidson above. 1902 to 1907 the office was downgraded to Chief Surveyor (subordinate to Dept of Lands) | |
Frank Beresford Campbell-Ford | 1926 – 1929[1] | acting | |
John Percival Harvey | 1929 – 1959[1] | ||
Eric Douglas Mellor | 1958 – 1961[1] | acting | |
Torleif Hein | 1961 – 1964[1] | b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899 | |
William Barcham | 1965 – 1966[1] | ||
Alec Barr Yeates[3] | 1966 – 1975[1] | ||
John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier | 1 July 1975 – 1982[1][4] | also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980 | |
Kevin John Davies | 1982 – 1990[1] | ||
Neil Graham Divett | 1990-1993[1] | The position was abolished in 1993 |
See also
- Surveyor General of New South Wales
- Surveyor General of South Australia
- Surveyor General of Tasmania
- Surveyor General of the Northern Territory
- Surveyor General of Victoria
- Surveyor General of Western Australia
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Queensland Surveyors General". Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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- ^ "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN SURVEY CORPS ASSOCIATION Queensland Branch BULLETIN April 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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