Alexander Black (surveyor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish Surveyor General of Victoria
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Place of Birth: Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
About Alexander Black (surveyor)
- Alexander Black (25 May 1827 – 13 March 1897) was a Scottish-born surveyor who worked for most of career in Victoria, Australia and was Surveyor General of Victoria for six years from 1886.Black was born at Arndilly, Banffshire, Scotland.
- After training as a land surveyor in Aberdeen and working locally, he migrated to Victoria in 1852.
- He worked in the Castlemaine goldfields then returned to Melbourne and joined the Victorian government survey office.
- His work included the survey of the Black-Allan Line—the eastern "straight-edge" portion of the border between the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria.Black was appointed Surveyor General of Victoria on 1 July 1886 and held the position until his retirement in May 1892.
- He was elected a member of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors in 1877 and was president 1879 to 1880.
- He died in St Kilda, Victoria on 13 March 1897.
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