Person
Black, Alexander (1827 - 1897)
- Born
- 25 May 1827
Arndilly, Scotland - Died
- 13 March 1897
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Public servant and Surveyor
Summary
Alexander Black is commemorated in the Black-Allen Line, the straight-line border of Victoria and New South Wales between Forest Hill, the source of the Murray River, and Cape Howe. Black was one of the two surveyors engaged in this survey 1869-1871, one of the most strenuous and difficult undertaken because of the difficult terrain. He was at the time a Surveyor on the staff of the Victorian Geodetic Survey. Subsequently he served as District Surveyor in several districts of central and eastern Victoria, ultimately becoming Surveyor General. Black served on several boards and commissions of inquiry related to water supply and land survey; as Chairman of the Tender Board; and on the Board of Land and Works.
Details
Chronology
- 1852
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria
- 1860 - 1871
- Career position - Surveyor, Victorian Geodetic Survey
- 1871 - 1873
- Career position - Acting District Surveyor, Bairnsdale
- 1873 - 1879
- Career position - District Surveyor, Sandhurst
- 1879 - 1886
- Career position - Assistant Surveyor General
- 1886 - 1892
- Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Surveyors
- 1886 - 1893
- Career position - Member, Victorian Board of Land and Works
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Nunn, H. W., 'Black, Alexander (1827 - 1897), surveyor' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 3 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 167-8. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/black-alexander-2998. Details
Reports
- Albert, Nadia, Surveying the Black-Allen Line ([Melbourne]: Office of the Surveyor General, 2003), 29 pp, http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/217783/Surveying_the_Black-Allan_Line.pdf. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4718374. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/8501152865756904940006. Details
- 'Black, Alexander (18270525-18970313)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463082. Details
See also
Helen Cohn
Last modified: 2 March 2018