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Bomford, Anthony Gerald (Tony) (1927 - 2003)

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Cartographer, Geographer and Surveyor

Born: 17 January 1927 India. Died: 10 May 2003 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Anthony Gerald (Tony) Bomford was director of the Division of National Mapping 1977-1982.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1945 - 1961 Royal Engineers
1953 - 1955 Seconded to the Directorate of Overseas Surveys in Tanganyika
1955 - 1956 Chief Surveyor on the South Georgia Survey expedition
1957 Ness Award received from the Royal Geographical Society
1958 - 1960 Royal Australian Survey Corps
1960 - 1961 Ordnance survey of Great Britain
1961 Settled in Australia
1961 - 1982 Worked for the Division of National Mapping
1975 - 1976 President of the Institute of Surveyors, Australia
1977 - 1982 Director of the Division of National Mapping
1982 Retired

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Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 28 November 2003
Modified: 13 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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