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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1859–1875[1] | |||
1875–1889 | (acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880) | ||
1889–1891 | |||
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 Campbell-Ford | 1926–1929 | acting | |
John Percival Harvey | 1929–1959 | ||
Eric Douglas Mellor | 1958–1961 | acting | |
Torleif Hein | 1961–1964 | b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899 | |
William Barcham | 1965 – 1966 | ||
Alec Barr Yeates[2] | 1966–1975 | ||
John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier | 1 July 1975 – 1982[3] | also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980 | |
Kevin John Davies | 1982–1990 | ||
Neil Graham Divett | 1990–1993 | The position was abolished in 1993 | |