Surveyor-General of Victoria

The Surveyor General of Victoria is the person nominally responsible for government surveying in Victoria, Australia. The original duties for the Surveyor General was to measure and determine land grants for settlers in Victoria. The position was created at the time Victoria became a separate colony in 1851 (see History of Victoria).

The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the primary government authority on surveying and the cadastre (land property boundaries and tenure).

The Surveying Act 2004, Act 47/2004, Part 6, specifies the appointment, suspension and functions of the Surveyor-general-sales-thread. Also note that the Act spells "Surveyor-General" with hyphen.

Later promoted Lieutenant General with a distinguished military career; Sir Andrew Clarke served as the second Governor of Singapore and the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 4 November 1873 until 7 May 1875. Clarke played a key role in positioning Singapore as the main port for the Malay states of Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong.

Dr. Holmes worked as a consultant to both the World Bank and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization as an expert adviser on land administrationDuring the period 1988-89, Robert Eddington acted as Surveyor General.

During the period 1997-99 Barrie Bremner and Alan Fennell acted as Surveyor General respectively.

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