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

Surveyor General[1] Period in office Notes
George William Evans,[2] 1826 Appointed, but did not assume office
Edward Dumaresq[3] 16 Dec. 1825 – 18 Mar. 1828 [4] Acting
George Frankland[5] 18 Mar. 1828 – 30 Dec. 1838 [6] Died in Office
Edward Boyd[7] 5 Jan. 1839 – 12 Nov. 1840 [8]
William Thomas Napier Champ[9][10] 12 Nov. 1840 - 1 Jul. 1841 [11]
Robert Power[12] 1 Jul. 1841 – 29 Jun. 1857 [13]
James Sprent[14] 29 Jun. 1857 – 7 Sep. 1859 Acting until 19 Nov. 1857[15], then permanent[16], on leave from 27 Aug. 1858[17]
James Erskine Calder[18] 7 Sep. 1859 – 30 Jun. 1870[19] Surveyor General position abolished 30 June 1870[19]
Henry Butler[20][21] 1870–1872 Ministers for Lands and (Public) Works from July 1870 to 1894
Charles Meredith[22][23] 1872–1873
William Moore[24] 1873–1876
Charles Meredith 1876
Christopher O'Reilly[25][26] 1876–1877
William Moore 1877
Nicholas John Brown[27][28] 1877–1878
Christopher O'Reilly 1878–1882
Nicholas John Brown 1882–1887
Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon[29][30] 1887–1888
Alfred Thomas Pillinger[31][32] 1888–1892
William Hartnoll[33] 1892–1894
Alfred Thomas Pillinger 1894
Edward Albert Counsel, ISO[34] 1894–1924 Surveyor General title resumed from 1894
William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, ISO 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

  1. ^ "Surveyors General of Tasmania Honour Board" (PDF). Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. 18 September 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/evans-george-william-2029
  3. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dumaresq-edward-2002
  4. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1825 No. 502 p 3[1]
  5. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/frankland-george-2064
  6. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1828 No. 620 p 1
  7. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boyd-edward-1816
  8. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1839 p 28
  9. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/champw11
  10. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/champ-william-thomas-napier-3191
  11. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1840 p 1386
  12. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/power-robert-2559
  13. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1841 p 596
  14. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sprent-james-2687
  15. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1857 p 555
  16. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1857 p 1086
  17. ^ Hobart Town Gazette 1858 p 1132
  18. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/calder-james-erskine-1865
  19. ^ a b Thwaites, Jack (1966). "Calder, James Erskine (1808–1882)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  20. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/butlerhm
  21. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/butler-henry-3128
  22. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/meredithc26
  23. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meredith-charles-4187
  24. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/moorewg
  25. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/oreillyc132
  26. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oreilly-christopher-4337
  27. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/brownp
  28. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brown-nicholas-john-3081
  29. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/braddone174
  30. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/braddon-sir-edward-nicholas-coventry-5330
  31. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/pillingera165
  32. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pillinger-alfred-thomas-4401
  33. ^ https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/resources/about-parliament/historyindex/members/hartnollw193
  34. ^ https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/counsel-edward-albert-5789
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