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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001575b.htm person Grimes Charles AACR2 24 February 1772 19 February 1858 Place of Birth Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England Place of Death Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, England Surveyor Charles Grimes was Surveyor-general for the colony of New South Wales about 1800.???? He was a member of the Cumberland expedition to Port Phillip under Lieutenant C. Robbins in 1803. In 1807 he visited Tasmania and was tasked with finding the best route for a road to join the north and south of the island. c. 1790 c. 1794 Career position - Head Constable, Norfolk Island 1790 1794 Career position - Deputy-Surveyor of Roads, Norfolk Island 1794 1801 Career position - Assitant, Surveyor-General, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales c. 1795 c. 1808 Career position - Magistrate and Superintendent of Public Concerns, Parramatta, Colony of New South Wales 1801 1808 Career position - Surveyor-General, Colony of New South Wales 1804 1806 Life event - Leave of Absence, London, England 1808 1808 Life event - Returned to England 1808 1808 Career position - Acting Judge-Advocate and Notary Public, Colony of New South Wales 1808 1808 Life event - Allied with rebels deposition of the Governor William Bligh 1812 c. 1833 Career position - Paymaster, 13th Regiment, British Army 1833 1848 Career position - Paymaster, Maidstone Recruiting Depot, Chatham Infantry and Invalid Depot, British Army New South Wales Surveyor General [I], Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1887)

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 'Grimes, Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Grimes, Charles Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Charles Grimes Dowd, B. T. Charles Grimes 1936 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 22 Book Section: Grimes, Charles (1772-1858), surveyor Dowd, Bernard T. Grimes, Charles (1772-1858), surveyor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 487-488 Book: Sails to Satelites: the Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007) Kass, Terry Sails to Satelites: the Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007) Bathurst, N.S.W. New South Wales Department of Lands 2008 Resource Section: Agency AGY-1773: Surveyor General [I] 20 Jan 1788 to 29 Mar 1887 State Records Authority of New South Wales Agency AGY-1773: Surveyor General [I] 20 Jan 1788 to 29 Mar 1887 Sydney State Records Authority New South Wales Edited Book: A Journal of Grimes' Survey: the Cumberland in Port Phillip, January-February 1803 Currey, John A Journal of Grimes' Survey: the Cumberland in Port Phillip, January-February 1803 Malvern Banks Society Publications 2002 Book Section: Evans, George William (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer Weatherburn, A. K. Evans, George William (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 359-360 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: History of the Institution of Surveyors, Tasmania Anon History of the Institution of Surveyors, Tasmania 1967 Australian Surveyor 21 7 205-212 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Charles Grimes - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Charles Grimes - Records 1803 Diary of the trip to Port Phillip 1803 [Box 18/3??].