Surveyor General of Tasmania is a position originally created for the colony of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania from 1855; now a state of Australia).
List of Surveyors General of Tasmania
Surveyor General Period in office Notes George William Evans, 1826 Appointed, but did not assume office Edward Dumaresq 16 Dec. 1825 – 18 Mar. 1828 Hobart Town Gazette 1825 No. 502 p 3 Acting George Frankland 18 Mar. 1828 – 30 Dec. 1838 Hobart Town Gazette 1828 No. 620 p 1 Died in Office Edward Boyd 5 Jan. 1839 – 12 Nov. 1840 Hobart Town Gazette 1839 p 28 William Thomas Napier Champ 12 Nov. 1840 - 1 Jul. 1841 Hobart Town Gazette 1840 p 1386 Robert Power 1 Jul. 1841 – 29 Jun. 1857 Hobart Town Gazette 1841 p 596 James Sprent 29 Jun. 1857 – 7 Sep. 1859 Acting until 19 Nov. 1857,Hobart Town Gazette 1857 p 555 then permanent,Hobart Town Gazette 1857 p 1086 on leave from 27 Aug. 1858Hobart Town Gazette 1858 p 1132 James Erskine Calder 7 Sep. 1859 – 30 Jun. 1870 Surveyor General position abolished 30 June 1870 Henry Butler 1870–1872 Ministers for Lands and (Public) Works from July 1870 to 1894 Charles Meredith 1872–1873 William Moore 1873–1876 Charles Meredith 1876 Christopher O'Reilly 1876–1877 William Moore 1877 Nicholas John Brown 1877–1878 Christopher O'Reilly 1878–1882 Nicholas John Brown 1882–1887 Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon 1887–1888 Alfred Thomas Pillinger 1888–1892 William Hartnoll 1892–1894 Alfred Thomas Pillinger 1894 Edward Albert Counsel, ISO 1894–1924 Surveyor General title resumed from 1894 William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, ISO 1925–1937 Title: Secretary of Lands; Surveyor General title abolished again, see Land Surveyor's Act 1924. Five other positions in the department also abolished at this time, to economise. Colin Mackenzie Pitt 1938–1953 Edgar Derwent Blackwood 1953-1955 Frank Miles 1955-1970 Charles Christopher Butler 1970–Jan 1986 Christopher M. Rowe 1988–2002 acting in January 1988, permanent by 1991 Peter Murphy 2002–2013 Michael Giudici 2013–present
See also Surveyor General of New South Wales Surveyor General of Queensland Surveyor General of South Australia Surveyor General of the Northern Territory Surveyor General of Victoria Surveyor General of Western Australia
References
Lists of British, Australian and New Zealand Surveyors-General, Government Geologists... Australian Dictionary of Biography Surveyor-General search