Person

Abbott, Robert (c. 1861 - 1936)

Born
c. 1861
London, Middlesex, England
Died
27 July 1936
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Surveyor

Summary

Robert Abbott was a licensed surveyor in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. He arrived in South Australia at an early age, was employed as a chainman, studied and became a surveyor under G. W. Goyder, South Australian Surveyor-General's Department 1877-1881. He moved to Victoria, worked with the well-known engineer J. M. Coane, and became a licensed surveyor in 1883. He migrated to Queensland, where he followed his profession for many years and in many parts of the State, including Cairns, Brisbane, Ipswich, Maryborough and Hughenden, finally settling at Nambour.

He was a foundation member of the Queensland Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

Details

Both his father and mother were personal friends of Charles Dickens and Lord Lytton, and were both descendants of Archbishops of Canterbury. Robert Abbott received his early tuition from Frances Ridley Havergall, a writer of many hymns.

Chronology

1877 - 1881
Career position - Chainman, later surveyor of the South Australian Surveyor-Generals Department
1881
Career event - Licensed Surveyor in South Australia
1882 - c. 1885
Career position - Surveyor, working with engineer J. M. Coane
1883
Career event - Licensed Surveyor in Victoria
1885
Career event - Licensed Surveyor, Queensland
c. 1885 - 1936
Career position - Consulting surveyor, Queensland
1886
Career event - Member, Queensland Branch, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1888
Career event - Licensed Surveyor, Queensland, under the Real Property Acts of 1861 and 1877

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