About the Surveyor-General of Victoria

Victoria's Surveyor-General is John Tulloch.

The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the primary government authority on surveying and the cadastre (land property boundaries and tenure).

Roles and responsibilities for the Surveyor-General are prescribed under a diverse range of Acts and Regulations of Parliament.

The role of the Surveyor-General includes responsibilities for Victoria's:

land administration
planning
surveying
electoral system
geographic place names
regulation
geodetic infrastructure and survey control network
protection of the cadastre
industry leadership.

Statutory Responsibilities and Powers

The Surveyor-General plays a key governance role in Victoria and is:

the statutory authority on surveying and cadastral boundaries
the Registrar of Geographic Names in Victoria (visit VICNAMES)
chair of the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria
a Commissioner for Electoral Boundaries in Victoria
a member of the Federal Redistribution Committee for Victoria
a State Verifying Authority for the measurement of length
responsible for registering survey plans in the Land Registry
leading the Office of Surveyor-General Victoria and its contribution to the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) corporate mission, product and service delivery charter.

Additional Roles and Responsibilities

The Surveyor-General is also responsible for:

providing high level advice to the Minister and DEPI on statutory and policy matters relating to surveying, geodetic infrastructure, the survey control network and the cadastre
determinating and approving Crown (government) land boundaries and alignments
co-ordinating surveying activities within Victoria to ensure that appropriate standards are maintained by state authorities
maintaining Victoria's geodetic infrastructure and survey control network
setting standards of measurement and is a State Verifying Authority for the measurement of length under the Australian Government's National Measurement Act 1960
monitoring compliance of land surveyors with regulations and standards to ensure adequate maintenance of the cadastral boundaries form the basis of land ownership in Victoria
promulgating surveying practice directions in relation to standards of measurement, survey and marking through the Survey Practice Handbook or Surveyor-General Practice Directives.

Further information and general enquiries:

Surveyor-General Victoria
Level 17, 570 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
P.O.Box 500
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Ph: (03) 8636 2525
Fax: (03) 8636 2588
Email: Surveyor.General@dse.vic.gov.au