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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