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 Surveyors General of Queensland

class="wikitable" ! ! Surveyor General !! Period in office !! Notes
File:StateLibQld 1 115016 Sir Augustus Charles Gregory, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Sir Augustus Charles Gregory	1859–1875{{Cite web\|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/museum-of-lands/surveying/surveyors/surveyors-general\|title=Queensland Surveyors General\|website=Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying\|publisher=Queensland Government\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007132506/https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/museum-of-lands/surveying/surveyors/surveyors-general\|archive-date=2018-10-07\|url-status=live\|access-date=8 October 2018}}
File:Surveyor William Alcock Tully, 1863.png \| William Alcock Tully	1875–1889	(acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880){{Australian Dictionary of Biography \|last=Duffy \|first=L. J. \|year=1976 \|id2=tully-william-alcock-4757 \|title=Tully, William Alcock (1830–1905) \|accessdate= 19 June 2012}}
File:William Montgomery Davenport Davidson, Surveyor-General of Queensland.jpg \| William Montgomery Davenport Davidson	1889–1891
File:Archibald McDowall, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Archibald McDowall	1891–1902
File:Allan Alfred Spowers, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Allan Alfred Spowers	1902–1926	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)
File:Frank Beresford Campbell-Ford, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Frank Beresford Campbell-Ford	1926–1929	acting
File:John Percival Harvey, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| John Percival Harvey	1929–1959
File:Eric Douglas Mellor, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Eric Douglas Mellor	1958–1961	acting
File:Torleif Hein, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Torleif Hein	1961–1964	b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899
File:William Barcham, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| William Barcham	1965 – 1966
File:Alec Barr Yeates, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Alec Barr Yeates{{cite web \|url=http://rasurvey.org/bulletins/1%20Bul%20Apr%2000.pdf \|title=ROYAL AUSTRALIAN SURVEY CORPS ASSOCIATION Queensland Branch BULLETIN April 2000 \|accessdate=19 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235114/http://rasurvey.org/bulletins/1%20Bul%20Apr%2000.pdf \|archive-date=2016-03-03 \|url-status=live }}	1966–1975
File:John Macquarie Serisier, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier	1 July 1975 – 1982{{cite web \|url=http://www.xyz.au.com/public/general_info/details.cfm?info_id=1789&sub_cat=129&category_id=20 \|title=About Mac Serisier \|accessdate=19 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329052142/http://www.xyz.au.com/public/general_info/details.cfm?info_id=1789&sub_cat=129&category_id=20 \|archive-date=2012-03-29 \|url-status=dead }}	also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980
File:Kevin John Davies, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Kevin John Davies	1982–1990
File:Neil Graham Divett, Surveyor General of Queensland.jpg \| Neil Graham Divett	1990–1993	The position was abolished in 1993

See also

References

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[https://www.anzmaps.org/wp-content/uploads/surveyors-general-list.pdf Lists of British, Australian and New Zealand Surveyors-General, Government Geologists...]
[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biographies/search/?query=occupation:surveyor-general Australian Dictionary of Biography Surveyor-General search]

External links

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