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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002371b.htm person Goyder George Woodroffe AACR2 24 June 1826 2 November 1898 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Aldgate, South Australia, Australia Surveyor George Goyder was Surveyor-General of South Australia from 1861-1894. In 1865 he mapped 'the line of demarcation between that portion of the country where the rainfall has extended, and that where the drought prevailed'. In 1867 he admitted that this line, known as Goyder's Line, separated, to a certain extent, lands suitable for agriculture and those fit only for grazing.

Migrated to Sydney 1848, worked in an auctioneering firm 1848-51, draftsman, South Australian civil service 1851-52,
Department of Lands 1853-94, as chief clerk, second assistant surveyor-general, assistant surveyor-general (1857-61) and surveyor-general (1861-94). Surveyed in the Northern Territory 1869, recommending Palmerston (Darwin) as the capital site. Chairman of the railways commission 1874-75, and of the Forest Board 1875-83.

1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 1889 Award - Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) Goyder, George Arthur (1855 - 1940) South Australian Surveyor General's Office and the Survey and Crown Lands Department, Colony and State of South Australia (1836 - 1917)

Surveyor General 1861 -1894; Assistant Surveyor General 1857 - 1861

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

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 Goyder, G W (1826-1898)

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 'Goyder, George Woodroffe', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Goyder, George Woodroffe Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Surveyor Goyder - of the Rainfall Line Lindsay, H. A. Surveyor Goyder - of the Rainfall Line 1963 Riverlander 33, 35 Book Section: Goyder, George Woodroofe (1826-1898), surveyor-general Goyder, George Woodroofe (1826-1898), surveyor-general Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 278-280 Resource: George W Goyder The Regional Council of Goyder George W Goyder Book Section: George Woodroffe Goyder, 1826-1898 Gammage, Bill George Woodroffe Goyder, 1826-1898 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Journal Article: George Woodroofe Goyder, 1826-1898 Powell, J. M. George Woodroofe Goyder, 1826-1898 1983 Geographers: Bibliographical Studies 7 47-50 Thesis: Learning and leadership for complex environmental problems: George Goyder and the innovation of forestry in Australia Summerfield, E. Learning and leadership for complex environmental problems: George Goyder and the innovation of forestry in Australia Melbourne University of Melbourne 2015 Journal Article: Leading the establishment of Australia's first forestry organisation: some lessons for today's leaders in forest management Summerfield, E.; and Keenan, R. Leading the establishment of Australia's first forestry organisation: some lessons for today's leaders in forest management 2017 Australian Forestry 80 2 78-87 Journal Article: Goyder and the ancient Aboriginal shell mounds of Virginia Bourke, Patricia Goyder and the ancient Aboriginal shell mounds of Virginia 2014 Northern Territory Historical Studies 25 45-56 Journal Article: Resurvey of Goyder's baseline Gilliland, J.R.; and Connelly, P. D. Resurvey of Goyder's baseline 1987 Australian surveyor 33 6 503-10 Journal Article: The 1860 trigonometrical survey of the far north - Goyder's baseline Cole, Phil The 1860 trigonometrical survey of the far north - Goyder's baseline 2022 SEGments: journal of the Scientific Expedition Group 37 4 12-6 Book: Through the eyes of Goyder, Master Planner: Transcripts of the Surveyor-General's 1864-5 Detailed Valuations of 79 Pastoral Runs in the South East of South Australia McArthur, Anne Through the eyes of Goyder, Master Planner: Transcripts of the Surveyor-General's 1864-5 Detailed Valuations of 79 Pastoral Runs in the South East of South Australia s.l. Kanawinka Writers and Historians 2007 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Drown, James 2015 Historical Records of Australian Science 26 2 209-10 Review: Journal of Australian Studies Ostapenko, Dmytro 2015 Journal of Australian Studies 39 2 276-7 Review: Australian Economic History Review Frost, Lionel 2015 Australian Economic History Review 55 1 101-4 Book: Nature's line: George Goyder, surveyor, environmentalist, visionary Sheldrick, Janis Nature's line: George Goyder, surveyor, environmentalist, visionary Kent Town (S.A.) Wakefield Press 2013 Book Section: Goyder's Line: a line for all seasons? Heathcote, R. A. Goyder's Line: a line for all seasons? Sydney Academic Press 1981 People and Plants in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 295-321 Journal Article: 1855-1856: George Goyder's Long Ride to Mapping Reliable Rainfall Sheldrick, Janis 1855-1856: George Goyder's Long Ride to Mapping Reliable Rainfall 2010 The Globe 65 28040 Journal Article: George Woodroffe Goyder, a Practical Geographer: the Presidential Address 1978 Williams, M. George Woodroffe Goyder, a Practical Geographer: the Presidential Address 1978 2008 South Australian Geological Journal 106 84-105 Journal Article: Just a collector: Frederick Schultze - botanist and naturalist to the Northern Territory Survey Expedition Wallis, Lon Just a collector: Frederick Schultze - botanist and naturalist to the Northern Territory Survey Expedition 2020 Northern Territory historical studies 31 30-61