Biographical entry Scrivener, Charles Robert (1855 - 1923)

Summary

Charles Robert Scrivener was the first Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys 1910-15. Earlier he had been closely involved in the selection and surveying of the site for the Federal capital. After his retirement he engaged in local shire road surveys and assisted a sawmill.

Details

Events

1875

Career position - Accountant in Orange, New South Wales

1876

Career position - Cadet 'geodetic computer' with the Trigonometrical branch of the New South Wales Department of Lands

1877

Career position - Passed the draughtsman's examination

1877 - 1879

Career position - Worked as a Surveyor's apprentice

1880

Career position - Became a licensed Surveyor

1888 - c. 1895

Career position - Surveyor in Maitland for the New South Wales Department of Lands

1891

Career position - Carried out the re-survey and definition of the boundaries of the Gloucester estate of the Australian Agricultural Co.

1896

Career position - Acting District Surveyor for the Wagga Wagga district

1900

Career position - Surveyed Buckley's Crossing (Dalgety) for the Federal capital site

1904

Career position - Prepared contour maps of Buckley's Crossing

1906 - 1908

Career position - District Surveyor for the Hay district

1909

Career position - Surveyed the Yass-Canberra district to determine the best city site and water-catchment territory

1910 - 1915

Career position - First Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys

Archival resources

Canberra and District Historical Society

• Charles Robert Scrivener - Records, 1875 - 1923; Canberra and District Historical Society. Details

National Archives of Australia, National Office

• Charles Robert Scrivener - Records, 1910 - 1915, M2580; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Birtles, Terry G., 'Scrivener, Charles Robert (1855-1923), Surveyor', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 552-553. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110567b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Scrivener, C R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-628754. Details