Surveyor-General Victoria

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

• the statutory authority on land 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 Central Plan Office
• leading the Office of Surveyor-General Victoria and its contribution to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and  Planning's (DELWP) corporate mission, product and service delivery charter.

The Surveyor-General is also responsible for:

• providing high-level advice to the Minister and DELWP on statutory and policy matters relating to land surveying, the positioning system and the cadastre
• determining and approving Crown (government) land boundaries and alignments
• coordinating land surveying activities within Victoria to ensure that appropriate standards are maintained by state authorities
• maintaining Victoria's positioning system and infrastructure
• setting standards of measurement
• monitoring licensed surveyors’ compliance with regulations and standards to ensure adequate maintenance of the cadastral boundaries that form the basis of land ownership in Victoria
• publishing surveying practice directions in relation to standards of measurement, surveying and marking through the Surveyor-General of Victoria Practice Directives and relevant sections of the Survey Practice Handbook.