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The Surveyors-General of Western Australia
1828-1984
The State has been extremely fortunate in its Surveyors General of the past who were all men of outstanding personality, and it must always be remembered that in the early days and indeed for the first fifty of settlement [by Europeans], the next ranking position after that of Governor, was that of Surveyor General. Doug Tomlin & TA Cleave, ‘The Surveyor in Western Australia’ in Cartography in Western Australia.
| 1828-1870 | The Hon John Septimus Roe RN b. 8 May 1797 d. 28 May 1878 |  Roe's Statue Perth Letter of appointment dated 5 December 1828, engaged from 28 December 1828. |
| 1870-1883 | Hon Sir Malcolm Fraser KCMG b. 1834 d. 17 August 1900 | His name is commerated by Fraser Avenue in Kings Park Street sign at the entrance to Kings Park |
| 1883-1890 | The Rt Hon Sir John Forrest PC, GCMG, LLD b. 22 August 1847 d.3 September 1918 |  The head of Forrest's Statue in Kings Park Relinquished the position at noon on 29 December 1890 to become Treasurer and "Premier" of Western Australia. |
| 1890-1896 | Deputy Surveyor-General John Sherlock Brooking b 23 May 1840 d 9 November 1916 |  Family grave Karrakatta No Surveyor-General appointed during this period. |
| 1896-1915 | Harry Frederick Johnston JP b 24 April 1853 d 14 June 1915 |  Johnston's headstone Commenced July 1896. Died in office. The Johnston Lakes were named after the Surveyor-General by Frank Hann on 9 September 1901. |
| 1915-1917 | Frederick Slade Brockman (Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman) b 9 July 1857 d 11 September 1917 |  Section of family grave, Karrakatta Commenced 1 October 1915. |
| 1918-1923 | Henry Sandford King JP b 24 May 1862 d 21 February 1931 (New Guinea) | Commenced 1 March 1918. Retired 30 June 1923. Lake King was named in his honour. |
| 1923-1938 | John Percy Camm JP b 2 November 1873 d 18 April 1943 | Lake Camm was named in his honour. |
| 1938-1945 (1st term) | Wallace Vernon Fyfe b 7 April 1894 d 17 January 1982 | Commenced his first term of office on 24 November 1938. |
| 1945-1947 | Thomas Suter Parry b 28 May 1886 d 16 December 1947 |  Commenced 1 Februry 1945. T S Parry was Surveyor-General during the period that W Vernon Fyfe was the Director of Land Settlement. |
| 1948-1959 (2nd term) | Wallace Vernon Fyfe b 7 April 1894 d 17 January 1982 |  Resumed the position of Surveyor-General on 22 February 1948 and retired 7 April 1959. |
| 1959-1968 | Harold Camm b 7 September 1903 d 16 April 1990 | The son of John Percy Camm (Surveyor-General 1923-1938) and Sarah May Camm nee Chamberlian. |
| 1968-1984 | John Frank Morgan b 1 December 1923 d 13 April 2010 | The Morgan River is named in his honour. |
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References: Anon (1931) 'The Death of Mr H.S. King: Former Surveyor General' in The West Australian 24 February 1931. Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority (n.d.) Fraser Avenue web page accessed 26 April 2010 Crowley, F K (1971) Forrest 1847-1918 Volume 1, 1847-91 Apprenticeship to Premiership UQP St Lucia, Qld Drake-Brockman, Geoffrey (1960) The Turning Wheel Paterson Brokensha, Perth WA Fyfe, W Vernon (nd) Reminiscences of a Surveyor Privately published Hann, Frank H (1998) Do Not Yield to Despair: Frank Hugh Hann's Exploration Diaries in the Arid Interior of Australia, 1895-1908 Hesperian Press, Carlisle. Jackson, JL Burton(1982) Not an Idle Man: A Biography of John Septimus Roe: Western Australia's First Surveyor-General (1797-1878) M B Roe, West Swan, WA Johnston, Frederick Marshall (nd) Knights and Theodolites: a Saga of Surveyors Edwards & Shae, Sydney NSW Llewellyn, I (ed, 1966) Cartography in Western Australia The Institute of Cartographers of Western Australia Sachs, Margaret A (ed) The Way 79 Who is Who: Synoptic Biographies of Western Australians Crawley Publishers, Nedlands WA |