Surveyor General of Queensland is a position originally created for the colony of
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, now a state of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
. The position was the most senior
surveyor
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually on the ...
within the
Queensland Public Service.
List of Surveyors General of Queensland
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Surveyor General of New South Wales
The Surveyor General of New South Wales is the primary government authority responsible for land and mining surveying in New South Wales.
The original duties for the Surveyor General was to measure and determine land grants for settlers in New Sou ...
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Surveyor General of South Australia
The Surveyor General of South Australia (also stylised Surveyor-General) is a position originally created for the Surveyor General for the colony of South Australia. The post is held by an official responsible for government surveying
Sur ...
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Surveyor General of Tasmania 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
See also
* Surveyor General of New South Wales
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Surveyor General of the Northern Territory
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Surveyor General of Victoria
The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the public service officer nominally responsible for government surveying in Victoria, Australia. The original duties for the Surveyor-General were to measure and determine land grants for settlers in Victoria. ( ...
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Surveyor General of Western Australia
The Surveyor General of Western Australia is the person nominally responsible for government surveying in Western Australia.
In the early history of Western Australia, the office of surveyor general was one of the most important public offices. ...
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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