P006129 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2018-11-01 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006129b.htm corporateBody Victorian Institute of Surveyors (VIS) AACR2 7 April 1874 October 1952 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Association, Society or Membership Organisation The Victorian Institute of Surveyors (VIS) was formed in 1874, for professional surveyors, the first in Australia. From 1952 it became part of a national body, the Institution of Surveyors Australia, although its state based activities remained autonomous. It was known then as the Victorian Division, Institution of Surveyors, Australia. From 2008, it changed its name to become the Institution of Surveyors Victoria (ISV).

Many talks presented to the Victorian Institute of Surveyors were published as individual papers, and later re-published in 4 volumes of Transactions and Proceedings, covering the period from 1874-1919.

From January 1928, a combined national publication, "The Australian Surveyor" was produced, and this contains details of the activities of the VIS.

Although it was proposed in 1876, by Western Australia, that VIS change its scope and become the Australian Institute of Civil Engineers and Surveyors, it was not until October 1952 that a national body, the Institution of Surveyors, Australia was formed, and the State institutes became foundation societies, and elected a national council. The state divisions remained autonomous, the entity then becoming the Victorian Division, Institution of Surveyors, Australia.

A separate Victorian publication, "Traverse" was published from March 1964 and this continued in 2018.

 Ellery, Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908)

President 1874 - 1877

 Institution of Surveyors, Australia (1952 - 2009) Black, Alexander (1827 - 1897)

President 1878 - 1880

 Fowler, Thomas Walker (1859 - 1928)

President 1892

 Percival, Arthur (1879 - 1964)

President 1928 - 1929

 Coane, John Montgomery (1848 - 1923)

President 1905 - 1906, 1890 - 1891; Vice-President 1889 - 1890

 Allied Societies' Trust Building (1924 - 1969)

The Institution had its offices at the Allied Societies' Trust Building 1927 - 1952

 Institution of Surveyors, Australia - Victorian Division (1952 - 2008) 'Victorian Institute of Surveyors (VIS)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Victorian Institute of Surveyors (VIS) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation