Biographical entry Allen, Arthur Max (1891 - 1979)
- Born
- 21 February 1891
Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 28 November 1979
Concord, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Public servant, Soldier and Surveying or Mapping
Summary
Arthur Max Allen was surveyor-general of New South Wales between 1937 and 1956.
During World War II he acted first as state survey liaison officer, coordinating the production of maps vital to military strategy and in 1942 was named deputy-director of survey at First Australian Army headquarters, Toowoomba, Queensland.
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Events
- 1908 - 1913
- Career position - Cadet Draughtsman at the Department of Lands, Tamworth then Armidale
- c. 1913 -
- Career position - Temporary salaried surveyor, Orange and Goulburn
- 1915 - 1916
- Career position - Officer in the Australian Imperial Force, fighting in Syria and Palestine
- 1916 - 1917
- Career position - Lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force
- 1917 - 1918
- Career position - Captain in the Australian Imperial Force
- 1918
- Award - Awarded the Military Cross
- 1920
- Career position - Staff surveyor, Cooma
- 1924 - 1928
- Career position - State migration officer at the Commonwealth government's Migration and Settlement Office, London
- 1928 - 1931
- Career position - Appointed to the Metropolitan Land Board
- 1931
- Career event - Promoted to senior surveyor, Metropolitan Land Board
- 1931 - 1934
- Career position - Councillor of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales
- 1934 - 1949
- Award - Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales
- 1935 - 1937
- Career position - Vice-president of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales
- 1937 - 1942
- Career position - Surveyor-general of New South Wales
- 1938 -
- Award - Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers
- 1942 - 1943
- Career position - Temporary lieutenant colonel and deputy-director of survey at First Australian Army headquarters, Toowoomba, Queensland.
- 1943 - 1945
- Career position - State director of postwar reconstruction and development, New South Wales
- 1945 - 1956
- Career position - Chairman of the Closer Settlement Advisory Board
- 1949 -
- Award - Life Member of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales
- 1957 - 1961
- Career position - Foundation member and president of the Lane Cove National Park Trust
Published resources
Book Sections
- Atchison, John, 'Allen, Arthur Max (1891-1979), Surveyor-General and Soldier', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 31-32. Also available at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allen-arthur-max-9336. Details
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Created: 31 January 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012