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 GeneralPeriod in officeNotes
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory1859 – 1875
William Alcock Tully1875 – 1889
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson1889 – 1891
Archibald McDowall1891 – 1902
Allan Alfred Spowers1902 – 1926Chief Surveyor until 1907, son-in-law of Davidson above.
1902 to 1907 the office was downgraded to Chief Surveyor
Frank Beresford Campbell-Ford1926 – 1929acting
John Percival Harvey1929 – 1959
Eric Douglas Mellor19581961acting
Torleif Hein1961 – 1964b. Norway 1898, to Australia 1899
William Barcham1965 – 1966
Alec Barr Yeates1966 – 1975
John Macquarie "Mac" Serisier1 July 1975 – 1982also Director of Mapping & Surveying before 1980
Kevin John Davies1982 – 1990
Neil Graham Divett1990-1993The position was abolished in 1993