Corporate Body

Tasmanian Lands and Surveys Department (1804 - 1970)

Colony of Van Diemen's Land, Colony and State of Tasmania

From: 1804
To: 1970
Functions: Forestry, Geography and Surveying or Mapping
Reference No: Tasmanian Archives Agency ID: TA69

Summary

The Lands and Surveys Department was responsible for the management of the Crown Lands and surveying. The Department had multiple branches including the Mines Branch (1883 - 1894), Tasmanian Government Railways (1872 - 1939), and the Forestry Department (1921 - 1994). Some of these branches went on to become departments in their own standing or were merged with existing departments. In 1970 the Lands and Surveys Department was split into two creating the Lands Department (1970 - 1987) and later the National Parks and Wildlife Service (1971 - 1987).

Timeline

Superior

Colony of Tasmania (1856 - 1901)
Colony of Van Diemen's Land (1803 - 1855)
State of Tasmania (1901 - )
Date: 1804 - 1970

Related People

Archer, John Lee (1791 - 1852)
John Archer was Civil Engineer and Colonial Architect to the Van Diemen's Land colonial government from 1826 to 1838.

Date: 1826 - 1838
Blackburn, James (1803 - 1854)
From 1833 until the late 1840's James Blackburn worked as a surveyor, architect and engineer for the Colonial Tasmanian Government.
Hellyer, Henry (1790 - 1832)
Henry Hellyer was given a position in the Tasmanian Lands and Surveys Department in 1832 but died before he could begin the role.

Date: 1832
Lhotsky, John (1795? - 1866?)
John Lhotsky spent worked with the Land and Surveys Department in the 1830s.

Date: 1830s
Scott, Thomas (1800 - 1855)
Thomas Scott was assistant surveyor (1821 - 1830) then senior assistant surveyor (1830 - 1838) with the Van Diemen's Land government.

Date: 1821 - 1838
Thureau, Gustav Adolph Hugo (1831 - 1901)
Inspector of Mines (and Mining Geologist) 1881 - 1889
Wedge, John Helder (1793 - 1872)
John Wedge was Assistant Surveyor with the Tasmanian (Van Diemen's Land) Lands and Surveys Department from 1824 to 1835.

Date: 1824 - 1835

Published resources

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772694. Details

Resource Sections

'TA69 Lands and Surveys Department', in Agency Details, Libraries Tasmania, Government of Tasmania, https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/TA69. Details

Elizabeth Daniels

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