Corporate Body

New South Wales Department of Lands and Public Works (1856 - 1859)

Colony of New South Wales

From
1856
To
1859
Functions
Bridge builder, Civil Engineering and Surveying or Mapping

Summary

The Department of Lands and Public Works was responsible for the Board of Works, Architectural Services Division, Royal Botanic Gardens, Civil Engineering, Roads and Bridges, Crown Land, and Surveying in New South Wales from 1856 until 1859. In 1859 The Department of Lands and Public Works split into two new Agencies, The Department of Lands (1859 - 1981) and the Department of Public Works (1859 - 1936).

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Timeline

 1856 - 1859 New South Wales Department of Lands and Public Works
       1859 - 1936 New South Wales Department of Public Works
       1859 - 1981 New South Wales Department of Lands
             1874 - 1891 New South Wales Department of Mines
             1941 - 1980s New South Wales Public Works Department
                   1891 - 1908 New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture
                         1908 - 1978 New South Wales Mines Department
                         1908 - 2004 New South Wales Department of Agriculture

Published resources

Books

  • Kass, Terry, Sails to Satelites: the Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007) (Bathurst, N.S.W.: New South Wales Department of Lands, 2008), 484 pp. Details

Resources

Elizabeth Daniels

Created: 31 July 2018, Last modified: 28 February 2023

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