A surveyor general is an official responsible for government

surveying 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. A land surveying professional is ca ...

in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically: *Surveyors general in Australia: **

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 So ...

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 Survey ...

** Surveyor General of Queensland ** Surveyor General of Tasmania **

Surveyor General of the Northern Territory 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. A land surveying professional is ca ...

** Surveyor General of Victoria ** Surveyor General of Western Australia *Surveyors general in Canada: **

Arpenteur général du Québec The ''Arpenteur'' was a brig owned by William Owen (Australian politician), William Owen and John Ridley. It was wrecked at Hassell Beach in Cheyne Bay near Cape Riche when a gale ran it ashore 7 November 1849. History The ''Arpenteur'' was buil ...

- prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada **

Surveyor General of Ontario 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. A land surveying professional is ca ...

- 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada) 1827 to 1867 **

Surveyor General of Nova Scotia 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. A land surveying professional is c ...

*Surveyors-general in British North America ** Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island *** Joseph Despard Pemberton **

Surveyor General of New Brunswick Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the land, terrestrial Two-dimensional space#In geometry, two-dimensional or Three-dimensional space#In Euclidean geometry, three-dimensional positions of ...

***

Robert Power (surveyor) Robert Power (1794 – 15 February 1869) was a British Army officer and Surveyor General of Tasmania, (then the colony of Van Diemen's Land, now a state of Australia). Early life Power was born in Knockbrit, Ireland to Edmund Power and Ellen She ...

* Surveyor General of Cornwall, UK * Surveyor General of Hong Kong * Surveyor General of India *

Surveyor General of Ireland The office of Surveyor General of Ireland was an appointed officer under the Dublin Castle administration of Ireland in the 17th and 18th centuries.McParland 1995 The Surveyor General was typically responsible for the surveying, design and construc ...

* Surveyor General of Malaysia *

Surveyor General A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. The following surveyor ge ...

of New Netherland *

Surveyor-General of New Zealand Surveyor-General A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. The foll ...

* The Surveyor General of Pakistan *

Surveyor General of Sri Lanka Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor of B ...

(formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon) *Surveyors general in the United States and its colonial predecessors: ** Surveyor General of the United States ** Surveyor General of Arizona ** Surveyor General of North Carolina ***

of the Province of North Carolina ** Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (today's north-central U.S.) ** Surveyor General of the Eastern District **

of Spanish Louisiana

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