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.
Surveyor General | Period in office | Notes | |
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Sir Augustus Charles Gregory | 1859–1875 [1] | ||
William Alcock Tully | 1875–1889 [1] | (acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880) [2] | |
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson | 1889–1891 [1] | ||
Archibald McDowall | 1891–1902 [1] | ||
Allan Alfred Spowers | 1902–1926 [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-Ford | 1926–1929 [1] | acting | |
John Percival Harvey | 1929–1959 [1] | ||
Eric Douglas Mellor | 1958–1961 [1] | acting | |
Torleif Hein | 1961–1964 [1] | b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899 | |
William Barcham | 1965 – 1966 [1] | ||
Alec Barr Yeates [3] | 1966–1975 [1] | ||
John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier | 1 July 1975 – 1982 [1] [4] | also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980 | |
Kevin John Davies | 1982–1990 [1] | ||
Neil Graham Divett | 1990–1993 [1] | The position was abolished in 1993 |
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