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Mathews, Hamilton Bartlett (1873 - 1959)

Surveyor

Born: 23 March 1873 Deepwater, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 21 January 1959 Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia.

Hamilton Bartlett Mathews worked for the New South Wales Department of Lands for most of his professional life. He started as an Assistant Surveyor in Maitland, then in Moree and Goulburn, before being appointed District Surveyor for Forbes and later Wagga Wagga. On 16 June 1926 Mathews was promoted to Surveyor-General and Metropolitan District Surveyor.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1894 Qualified as a licensed surveyor and set up a private practice
1897 - 1901 Assistant Surveyor for the Metropolitan Lands District, New South Wales Department of Lands
1899 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
1901 - 1911 Assistant Surveyor for Maitland
1911 - 1914 Assistant Surveyor for Moree
1914 - 1915 Assistant Surveyor for Goulburn
1916 - 1921 District Surveyor for Forbes
1921 - 1926 District Surveyor for Wagga Wagga
1925 - 1928 Chair of the Soldiers' Settlements Appraisment Board
1926 - Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1926 Surveyor-General and Metropolitan District Surveyor
1927 Chief Mining Surveyor
1928 Electoral Districts Commisioner
1928 - 1929 Helped establish the Surveyors Act of 1929
1930 Member of the Institute of Land Valuers
1938 - Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Surveyors, New South Wales branch
1954 Honorary Fellow of the Australian Planning Institute

Parent

Mathews, Robert Hamilton (1841 - 1918)

Sibling

Mathews, Gregory Macalister (1876 - 1949)

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 25 July 2005

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