Surveyor General of Tasmania

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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 1826 appointed, but did not assume office
Edward Dumaresq 1825–1827 acting
George Frankland 1827–1838
Edward Boyd 1839–1841 acting
Robert Power July 1841 – June 1857[2]
James Sprent 1857 – September 1859 acting
James Erskine Calder September 1859 – 30 June 1870[3] Surveyor General position abolished 30 June 1870[3]
Henry Butler 1870–1872 Ministers for Lands and (Public) Works from July 1870 to 1894
C. Meredith 1872–1873
W. Moore 1873–1876
C. Meredith 1876
Christopher O’Reilly 1876–1877
W. Moore 1877
Nicholas John Brown 1877–1878
Christopher O’Reilly 1878–1882
Nicholas John Brown 1882–1887
E.N.C. Braddon 1887–1888
1888–1892
W. Hartnoll 1892–1894
1894
1894–1924 Surveyor General title resumed from 1894
William Nevin Tatlow Hurst 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.
C.M. Pitt 1938–1953
C.C.A. (Charles?) Butler 1974–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. ^ Love, A. R. (1967). "Power, Robert (1794–1869)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 June 2012 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. ^ a b Thwaites, Jack (1966). "Calder, James Erskine (1808–1882)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 June 2012 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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