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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000096b.htm person Ligar Charles Whybrow AACR2 1811 February 1881 Place of Birth Ceylon Place of Death Texas, United States of America Surveyor Soldier Charles Ligar was a surveyor who, after working for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, was Surveyor General in New Zealand from 1842 to 1856. He moved to Victoria in 1858 and was appointed Surveyor General. Among his achievements in this role was the establishment of the geodetic survey which provided an accurate framework for expeditious local surveys. He was unsuccessful in his undertaking to reduce costs in his department and was removed from office in 1869 at a time when economic stringencies resulted in many civil servants losing their jobs. Ligar joined the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later the Royal Society of Victoria), serving two terms as Vice-President. He was a member of the Institute's Exploration Committee which was charged with organising what became the Victorian Exploring Expedition. 1842 1856 Career position - Surveyor General, New Zealand 1857 1859 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1858 1858 Life event - Moved to Victoria 1858 1869 Career position - Surveyor General, Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey 1859 1859 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 1860 Career position - Member, Board of Science, Colony of Victoria 1859 1869 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1860 1866 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria 1861 1861 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria 1865 1867 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria 1869 1869 Life event - Left Victoria Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Member 1859

 Board of Science, Colony of Victoria (1858 - 1860)

Member 1858 - 1860

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) 1858 - 1866

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member 1859 - ; Vice-President 1861 and 1865 - 1867

 Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Colony and State of Victoria (1857 - 1983)

Surveyor General 1858 - 1869

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 Ligar, Charles W (1811-1881)

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 'Ligar, Charles Whybrow', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ligar, Charles Whybrow Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Grass Tree Ligar, Charles W. Grass Tree Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1866 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 7 145-7 Conference Paper: Routing Ligar - developing a shortcut to the Kiandra Goldrush Scott, David Routing Ligar - developing a shortcut to the Kiandra Goldrush Barton, ACT Engineers Australia 2023 Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference: AEHC 2022 49-61 Book Section: Ligar, Charles Whybrow (1811 - 1881), surveyor, soldier and grazier Powell, J. M. Ligar, Charles Whybrow (1811 - 1881), surveyor, soldier and grazier Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 85-6 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001