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Percival, Arthur (1879 - 1964) |
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| Born: 10 February 1879 Dunedin, New Zealand. Died: 27 January 1964 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. | |
| Arthur Percival worked for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (1902-1909) where he produced the contour base map used in the design competition for the Federal capital. While there he was also employed to do the survey work necessary to lay out the city and dam sites on the Cotter and Queanbeyan rivers. He was Commonwealth surveyor-general and chief property officer in Canberra from1929-1944. |
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After arriving in Australia in 1897, Arthur Percival was engaged on mining surveys and engineering works in New South Wales and Queensland. In 1902 he joined the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works and during World War I he surveyed defence establishments in New South Wales and Victoria, carried out hydrographic work in Spencer Gulf, South Australia, and reported on land values for war service homes subdivisions. Next Percival was appointed Officer-in-charge of the property and survey branches of the Department of Home and Territories in Melbourne (1920-1929). This was followed by a post as Commonwealth surveyor-general and chief property officer in Canberra 1929-1944. After his retirement (1944?) he was retained as an adviser on land transfers for Garden Island naval facilities.
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