The Surveyor-General of New South Wales is the primary government authority responsible for land and mining
surveying in
New South Wales
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The original duties for the Surveyor General was to measure and determine land grants for settlers in
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The Surveyor General is the leader and regulator of the land and mining surveying profession and plays a key advocacy role in the spatial industry in NSW
* Responsibilities under the Surveying & Spatial Information Act & its Regulation
* Surveyor General's Directions
* President of the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information (BOSSI)
* Chair of the Geographical Names Board (GNB)
* NSW representative on the Intergovernmental Committee for Surveying & Mapping (ICSM)
* Electoral Boundaries Commissioner (State & Federal)
* Sets the quality, education and competency standards for registered land and mining surveyors
* Responsible for protecting the public and the integrity of the state cadastre by suspension or removal of registered surveyors in relation to misconduct or incompetence
* Responsible for the DFSI Spatial Services Survey Operations team (Geodesy, State control survey, CORSnet-NSW, SCIMS)
List of Surveyors General of New South Wales
References
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External links
Lists of British, Australian and New Zealand Surveyors-General, Government Geologists...The Surveyor General's cartographic and related records — State Records NSWAustralian Dictionary of Biography Surveyor-General search