South Australian Surveyor General's Office and the Survey and Crown Lands Department (1836 - 1917)

Summary

The Surveyor-General's Office can trace its origins back prior to European arrival in South Australia. Britain appointed a Surveyor-General and Royal Commissioner to survey and "sell" lands in South Australia. These roles were operational by 1836. When South Australia received responsible self-government in 1857 the Survey and Crown Lands Department was established (1857 - 1917) with the Survey-General as its head. The Surveyor-General's Office continued to operate within the Survey and Crown Lands Department until 1917. This new Department was the birth place of a numerous South Australian government functions including irrigation, agriculture, mining, roads, and forestry. Over time these functions where shed from the Survey and Crown Lands Department and formed independent departments. In 1917 the Survey and Crown Lands Department (1857 - 1917) was renamed the Lands and Survey Department (1917 - 1930).

Related entries

Timeline

 1836 - 1917 South Australian Surveyor General's Office and the Survey and Crown Lands Department
       1917 - 1930 South Australian Lands and Survey Department
       1923 - 1930 South Australian Irrigation and Drainage Commission
              South Australian Engineering and Water Supply Department
             1930 - 1992 South Australian Department of Lands
             1930 - 1992 South Australian Department of Lands
                   1992 - 1993 South Australian Department of Environment and Land Management
                   1992 - 1997 South Australian Department for Primary Industries
                   1995 - South Australian Water Corporation
                         1993 - 1997 South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources [I]
                         1997 - 2011 Department for Primary Industries and Resources South Australia
                               1998 - 2000 South Australian Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs
                                     1997 - 2011 Department for Primary Industries and Resources South Australia
                                     2000 - 2002 South Australian Department of Water Resources
                                     2000 - 2010 South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage
                                           2002 - 2010 South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation
                                           2002 - 2010 South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation
                                           2010 - 2012 South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources [II]
                                           2011 - Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA
                                                 2010 - 2012 South Australian Department for Water
                                                 2010 - 2012 South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources [II]
                                                 2012 - 2018 South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
                                                       2012 - 2018 South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
                                                       2018 - South Australian Department for Environment and Water

Published resources

Resource Sections

• 'GA24 Surveyor-General's Office', in Agency Details, State Records of South Australia, State Records of South Australia. Details
• 'GRG35 Lands Department, Predecessor and Successor Agencies', in Agency Details, State Records of South Australia, State Records of South Australia. Details
• 'GA419 Survey and Crown Lands Department', in Agency Details, State Records of South Australia, State Records of South Australia. Details