Corporate Body
New South Wales Department of Lands (1859 - 1981)
Colony and State of New South Wales
- From
- 1859
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1981
- Functions
- Advisory or Regulatory Body and Surveying or Mapping
Summary
The New South Wales Department of Lands became a separate administrative agency of the New South Wales Government in 1859 when the Department of Lands and Public works was split into separate Departments of Lands and Public Works.
Related entries
Timeline
1856 - 1859 New South Wales Department of Lands and Public Works
1859 - 1981 New South Wales Department of Lands
1874 - 1891 New South Wales Department of Mines
1891 - 1908 New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture
1908 - 1978 New South Wales Mines Department
1908 - 2004 New South Wales Department of Agriculture
Subordinate
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Kass, Terry, Sails to Satelites: the Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007) (Bathurst, N.S.W.: New South Wales Department of Lands, 2008), 484 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Kass, Terry, 'False testimony: the surveying career of Robert Hamilton Mathews', Historical Records of Australian Science, 32 (2) (2021), 168-78. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR20016. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Department of Lands and Public Works', in Agency Details, State Archives and Records Authority New South Wales, State Archives and Records Authority New South Wales. https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/44. Details
- State Records Authority of New South Wales, 'Agency AGY-1114: Department of Lands [I], 30 Sep 1859 to 04 Nov 1981', Sydney. https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&docid=ORGANISATIONS1001226. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 28 February 2023, Last modified: 24 October 2023