Surveyor General of Queensland

Surveyor General of Queensland is a position originally created for the colony of Queensland, now a state of Australia.

List of Surveyor Generals of Queensland

Surveyor General Period in office Notes
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory 1859 – 1875
William Alcock Tully 1875 – 1889 (acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880)[1]
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson 1889 – 1891
Archibald McDowall 1891 – 1902
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)
Frank Beresford C. Ford 1926 – 1929 acting
J.P. Harvey 1929 – 1959
E.D. Mellor 1958 – 1961 acting
Torleif Hein 1961 – 1964 b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899
William Barcham 1964 – 1966
Alec Barr Yeates[2] 1966 – 1975
John Macquarrie "Mac" Serisier 1 July 1975 – 1982[3] also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980
Kevin John Davies 1983 – 1988/9
Neil Graham Divett 199? for few months only until position abolished under Labor

See also

References

  1. Duffy, L. J. (1976). "Tully, William Alcock (1830–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN SURVEY CORPS ASSOCIATION Queensland Branch BULLETIN April 2000" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. "About Mac Serisier". Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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