Surveyor General of Queensland

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 GeneralPeriod in officeNotes
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory1859 – 1875[1]
William Alcock Tully1875 – 1889[1](acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880)[2]
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson1889 – 1891[1]
Archibald McDowall1891 – 1902[1]
Allan Alfred Spowers1902 – 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-Ford1926 – 1929[1]acting
John Percival Harvey1929 – 1959[1]
Eric Douglas Mellor1958 – 1961[1]acting
Torleif Hein1961 – 1964[1]b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899
William Barcham1965 – 1966[1]
Alec Barr Yeates[3]1966 – 1975[1]
John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier1 July 1975 – 1982[1][4]also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980
Kevin John Davies1982 – 1990[1]
Neil Graham Divett1990-1993[1]The position was abolished in 1993
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See also

References
  1. "Queensland Surveyors General". Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. Duffy, L. J. (1976). "Tully, William Alcock (1830–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 19 June 2012 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN SURVEY CORPS ASSOCIATION Queensland Branch BULLETIN April 2000" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. "About Mac Serisier". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

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