Surveyor General of Queensland

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.

List of Surveyor Generals of Queensland

Surveyor General	Period in office	Notes
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory	1859 – 1875[1]
William Alcock Tully	1875 – 1889[1]	(acting 12 March 1875 – 8 July 1880)[2]
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson	1889 – 1891[1]
Archibald McDowall	1891 – 1902[1]
Allan Alfred Spowers	1902 – 1926[1]	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[1]	acting
John Percival Harvey	1929 – 1959[1]
Eric Douglas Mellor	1958 – 1961[1]	acting
Torleif Hein	1961 – 1964[1]	b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899
William Barcham	1965 – 1966[1]
Alec Barr Yeates[3]	1966 – 1975[1]
John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier	1 July 1975 – 1982[1][4]	also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980
Kevin John Davies	1982 – 1990[1]
Neil Graham Divett	1990-1993[1]	The position was abolished in 1993

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