Person
Poate, Frederick (1855 - 1935)
- Born
- 17 June 1855
Clanfield, Hampshire, England - Died
- 3 December 1935
- Occupation
- Surveyor
Summary
Frederick Poate came to Australia in 1877. He worked as a surveyor in various country districts of New South Wales, eventually becoming surveyor-general and chief surveyor 1911-1916. He was also a trustee of the Australian Museum in Sydney.
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Chronology
- 1873 - 1876
- Career position - Surveyor-general's staff in Hong Kong (surveyor-in-charge of the Ordnance Survey in Hong Kong and British Kowloon from 1875)
- 1877 - 1880
- Career position - Field Surveyor in Tamworth, New South Wales
- 1880 - 1884
- Career position - Trigonometrical Surveyor
- 1884 - 1889
- Career position - Staff Surveyor in country districts
- 1889 - 1899
- Career position - District Surveyor for Tamworth
- 1899 - 1910
- Career position - Acting Chairman of the Land Board in Moree, New South Wales
- 1910
- Career position - Chairman, Northern Advisory Board
- 1910 - 1911
- Career position - Assistant Chief Surveyor responsible for all field staff
- 1911 - 1916
- Career position - Surveyor-General and Chief Surveyor
- 1912 - 1935
- Award - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, England
- 1914
- Career position - Local Secretary for Sydney, Section E (Geography), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
Related entries
Children
Published resources
Book Sections
- Atchison, John, 'Poate, Frederick (1855-1935), Surveyor-General' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 249-250. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110254b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24036519. Details
- 'Poate, Frederick (1855-1935)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467129. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 9 March 2018