Surveyor General of Tasmania
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
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| 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{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Love |first=A. R. |year=1967 |id2=power-robert-2559 |title=Power, Robert (1794–1869) |accessdate= 20 June 2012}} | |
| James Sprent | 1857 – September 1859 | acting |
| James Erskine Calder | September 1859 – 30 June 1870{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Thwaites |first=Jack |year=1966 |id2=calder-james-erskine-1865 |title=Calder, James Erskine (1808–1882) |accessdate= 20 June 2012}} | Surveyor General position abolished 30 June 1870 |
| Henry Butler | 1870–1872 | Ministers for Lands and (Public) Works from July 1870 to 1894 |
| Charles Meredith | 1872–1873 | |
| William Moore | 1873–1876 | |
| Charles Meredith | 1876 | |
| Christopher O’Reilly | 1876–1877 | |
| William Moore | 1877 | |
| John Nicholas Brown | 1877–1878 | |
| Christopher O’Reilly | 1878–1882 | |
| Nicholas John Brown | 1882–1887 | |
| Nicholas Edward Braddon | 1887–1888 | |
| Alfred Edward Pillinger | 1888–1892 | |
| William 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. |
| Colin Mackenzie Pitt | 1938–1953 | |
| Edgar Derwent Blackwood | 1953-1955 | |
| Frank Miles | 1955-1970 | |
| Charles Christopher Butler | 1970–Jan 1986 | |
| Christopher M. Rowe | 1988–2002 | acting in January 1988, permanent by 1991 |
| Peter Murphy | 2002–2013 | |
| Michael Giudici | 2013–present |
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]