Surveyor General of New South Wales
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The Surveyor General of New South Wales is the person nominally responsible for government
surveying
in New South Wales
. The original duties for the Surveyor General was to measure and determine land grants for settlers in New South Wales
Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
surveying
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. The original duties for the Surveyor General was to measure and determine land grants for settlers in New South Wales
List of Surveyors General of New South Wales
This is an (incomplete) list of surveyors general of New South Wales.| Surveyor General | Period in office | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Augustus Alt Augustus Alt Augustus Theodore Harman Alt was a British soldier , engineer and surveyor. His father Jost Heinrich was Hessian and entered the service of the Landgrave in Sweden as writer to Major-General Ernst Hartmann von Diemar... |
1791–1803 | Alt's job was mainly undertaken by then Deputy, Charles Grimes |
| Charles Grimes Charles Grimes Charles Grimes was an English-born surveyor who did some valuable work in colonial Australia. He served as surveyor-general of New South Wales and discovered the Yarra River in what is now the state of Victoria. He is perhaps best known for being the surveyor who mapped the route of the Hobart... |
1803–1808 | |
| John Oxley John Oxley John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation.October 1802 he was engaged in coastal survey work including an expedition to Western Port in 1804-05... |
1812–1828 | |
| Sir Thomas Mitchell | 1828 - 185? | |
| Position Abolished | 1887–1911 | Abolished as a result of a Report from a Board of Inquiry |
| Jack Darby | 1979–1985 | |
| Warwick Watkins | Current | Also Director General of the Department of Lands (NSW) |