Biographical entry Poate, Frederick (1855 - 1935)

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 1911-16.He was also a trustee of the Australian Museum in Sydney.

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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 of the 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 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, England

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Published resources

Book Sections

• Atchison, John, 'Poate, Frederick (1855-1935), Surveyor-General', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 249-250. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110254b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Poate, Frederick', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467129. Details