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Scrivener, Charles Robert (1855 - 1923)

Surveyor

Born: 2 November 1855 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 26 September 1923 Killara, New South Wales, Australia.

Charles Robert Scrivener was the first Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys 1910-15. Earlier he had been closely involved in the selection and surveying of the site for the Federal capital. After his retirement he engaged in local shire road surveys and assisted a sawmill.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1875 Accountant in Orange, New South Wales
1876 Cadet 'geodetic computer' with the Trigonometrical branch of the New South Wales Department of Lands
1877 Passed the draughtsman's examination
1877 - 1879 Worked as a Surveyor's apprentice
1880 Became a licensed Surveyor
1888 - c. 1895 Surveyor in Maitland for the New South Wales Department of Lands
1891 Carried out the re-survey and definition of the boundaries of the Gloucester estate of the Australian Agricultural Co.
1896 Acting District Surveyor for the Wagga Wagga district
1900 Surveyed Buckley's Crossing (Dalgety) for the Federal capital site
1904 Prepared contour maps of Buckley's Crossing
1906 - 1908 District Surveyor for the Hay district
1909 Surveyed the Yass-Canberra district to determine the best city site and water-catchment territory
1910 - 1915 First Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 September 2006

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