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 Surveyors General of Queensland[]

	Surveyor General	Period in office	Notes
	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

See also[]

• Surveyor General of New South Wales
• Surveyor General of South Australia
• Surveyor General of Tasmania
• Surveyor General of Victoria
• Surveyor General of Western Australia

References[]

• Lists of British, Australian and New Zealand Surveyors-General, Government Geologists...
• Australian Dictionary of Biography Surveyor-General search

External links[]

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