Surveyor General of Queensland is a position originally created for the colony of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, now a state of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. 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. A land surveying professional is ca ...
within the
Queensland Public Service
The Queensland Public Service provides public services to the people of Queensland, Australia on behalf of the Government of Queensland. Typically these are services that are deemed important by the government and which the government believes ...
.
List of Surveyors General of Queensland
See also
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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 So ...
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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
Survey ...
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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
* Surveyor Gene ...
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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 person nominally responsible for government surveying in Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populat ...
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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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