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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002491b.htm person Poate Frederick AACR2 17 June 1855 3 December 1935 Place of Birth Clanfield, Hampshire, England Surveyor Frederick Poate came to Australia in 1877. He worked as a surveyor in various country districts of New South Wales, eventually becoming surveyor-general and chief surveyor 1911-1916. He was also a trustee of the Australian Museum in Sydney. 1873 1876 Career position - Surveyor-general's staff in Hong Kong (surveyor-in-charge of the Ordnance Survey in Hong Kong and British Kowloon from 1875) 1877 1880 Career position - Field Surveyor in Tamworth, New South Wales 1880 1884 Career position - Trigonometrical Surveyor 1884 1889 Career position - Staff Surveyor in country districts 1889 1899 Career position - District Surveyor for Tamworth 1899 1910 Career position - Acting Chairman of the Land Board in Moree, New South Wales 1910 1910 Career position - Chairman, Northern Advisory Board 1910 1911 Career position - Assistant Chief Surveyor responsible for all field staff 1911 1916 Career position - Surveyor-General and Chief Surveyor 1912 1935 Award - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, England 1914 1914 Career position - Local Secretary for Sydney, Section E (Geography), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting Poate, Hugh Raymond Guy (1884 - 1961) British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

Local Secretary for Sydney, Section E (Geography) 1914

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 Poate, Frederick (1855-1935)

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 'Poate, Frederick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Poate, Frederick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation