The Surveyors-General of Western Australia1828-1984 |
| 1828-1870 | The Hon John Septimus Roe RN b. 8 May 1797 d. 28 May 1878 | Letter of appointment dated 5 December 1828, engaged from 28 December 1828. |  Roe's Statue Perth |
| 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 | Relinquished the position at noon on 29 December 1890 to become Treasurer and "Premier" of Western Australia. |  The head of Forrest's Statue in Kings Park |
| 1890-1896 | Deputy Surveyor-General John Sherlock Brooking b 23 May 1840 d 9 November 1916 | No Surveyor-General appointed during this period. |  Family grave Karrakatta |
| 1896-1915 | Harry Frederick Johnston JP b 24 April 1853 d 14 June 1915 | Commenced July 1896. Died in office. The Johnston Lakes were named after the Surveyor-General by Frank Hann on 9 September 1901. |  Johnston's headstone |
| 1915-1917 | Frederick Slade Brockman (Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman) b 9 July 1857 d 11 September 1917 | Commenced 1 October 1915. |  Section of family grave Karrakatta |
| 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 Sachs, Margaret A (ed) The Way 79 Who is Who: Synoptic Biographies of Western Australians Crawley Publishers, Nedlands WA |