Person
Bomford, Anthony Gerald (Tony) (1927 - 2003)
- Born
- 17 January 1927
India - Died
- 10 May 2003
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Cartographer, Geographer and Surveyor
Summary
Tony Bomford was director of the Division of National Mapping 1977-1982.
Details
Chronology
- 1945 - 1961
- Career position - Royal Engineers
- 1953 - 1955
- Career position - Seconded to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys in Tanganyika
- 1955 - 1956
- Career position - Chief Surveyor on the South Georgia Survey expedition
- 1957
- Award - Ness Award received from the Royal Geographical Society
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Royal Australian Survey Corps
- 1960 - 1961
- Career position - Ordnance survey of Great Britain
- 1961
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1961 - 1982
- Career position - Worked for the Division of National Mapping
- 1975 - 1976
- Career position - President of the Institute of Surveyors, Australia
- 1977 - 1982
- Career position - Director of the Division of National Mapping
- 1982
- Life event - Retired
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Anthony Geral Bomford - Records, 1942 - 2003, MS Acc03/139; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Interview with Anthony Bomford, retired engineer (sound recording), interviewer: John Farquharson, 19 February 2002 - 22 February 2002, TRC 4837; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Farquharson, John, 'Obituary: Anthony Gerald Bomford, Director of national mapping', The Age (2003). Details
Resources
- 'Bomford, A G (19270117-20031005)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-892131. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 28 November 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007