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The Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying is a museum at 317 Edward Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It collects and exhibits material relating to the surveying of Queensland and the maps created. It is a sub-branch of the Queensland Museum. [1] [2] It actively digitises and makes available historic maps and aerial imagery under open ...
The first discovery of incorrectly allocated land was in 1884 when surveyor Johnson was instructed to survey a 40-acre (160,000 m 2) Conditional Purchase (No. 83–10) adjacent to the border at Tweed Heads for the NSW Government. [3] The area he surveyed had already been allocated and marked by the QLD Government surveyors.
Surveying for Central Station, Sydney, 1900. Surveying in Australia is triangulation-based and shares many similarities with the United Kingdom, including the title deed system. However, a distinctive feature of surveying in Australia is the Torrens System, where real estate records are held in a central deposit and guaranteed by the state.
The 319 counties of Queensland in 1901. Lands administrative divisions of Queensland refers to the divisions of Queensland used for the registration of land titles. There are 322 counties, and 5,319 parishes within the state. [1] [2] They are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. Queensland had been divided into 109 counties ...
Queensland Globe is the interactive mapping service provided by the Queensland Government in Australia. It is the most up-to-date and authoritative source on Queensland geography. It has hundreds of different layers enabling different aspects of Queensland geography to be simultaneously displayed (e.g. boundaries of suburbs, rivers, mountain ...
[5] [6] Mining employed 19.8% of the north Queensland population in 1868, and 50% by 1876, before dropping to 15% in 1911. [7] Although gold mining attracted people to north Queensland, alluvial finds of gold usually led to temporary townships, whereas underground reef mining held the promise of more stable and permanent settlements. [1]
Hydrographic Survey Bench Mark is a heritage-listed survey marker at Bessie Point, off Pine Creek-Yarrabah Road, East Trinity, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.It was designed by Royal Navy and built in 1878 by Royal Navy.
Map of LGAs as of 2014. This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Queensland, Australia, sorted by region. For the history and responsibilities of local government in that state, see Local government in Queensland. For former local government areas in Queensland, see List of former local government areas of Queensland.