| Surveyor General [1] | Period in office | Notes |
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| George William Evans, [2] | 1826 | Appointed, but did not assume office |
| Edward Dumaresq [3] | 16 Dec. 1825 – 18 Mar. 1828 | [4] Acting |
| George Frankland [5] | 18 Mar. 1828 – 30 Dec. 1838 | [6] Died in Office |
| Edward Boyd [7] | 5 Jan. 1839 – 12 Nov. 1840 | [8] |
| William Thomas Napier Champ [9] [10] | 12 Nov. 1840 - 1 Jul. 1841 | [11] |
| Robert Power [12] | 1 Jul. 1841 – 29 Jun. 1857 | [13] |
| James Sprent [14] | 29 Jun. 1857 – 7 Sep. 1859 | Acting until 19 Nov. 1857, [15] then permanent, [16] on leave from 27 Aug. 1858 [17] |
| James Erskine Calder [18] | 7 Sep. 1859 – 30 Jun. 1870 [19] | Surveyor General position abolished 30 June 1870 [19] |
| Henry Butler [20] [21] | 1870–1872 | Ministers for Lands and (Public) Works from July 1870 to 1894 |
| Charles Meredith [22] [23] | 1872–1873 | |
| William Moore [24] | 1873–1876 | |
| Charles Meredith | 1876 | |
| Christopher O'Reilly [25] [26] | 1876–1877 | |
| William Moore | 1877 | |
| Nicholas John Brown [27] [28] | 1877–1878 | |
| Christopher O'Reilly | 1878–1882 | |
| Nicholas John Brown | 1882–1887 | |
| Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon [29] [30] | 1887–1888 | |
| Alfred Thomas Pillinger [31] [32] | 1888–1892 | |
| William Hartnoll [33] | 1892–1894 | |
| Alfred Thomas Pillinger | 1894 | |
| Edward Albert Counsel, ISO [34] | 1894–1924 | Surveyor General title resumed from 1894 |
| William Nevin Tatlow Hurst, ISO | 1925–1937 | Title: Secretary of Lands; Surveyor General title abolished again, see Land Surveyor's Act 1924. Five other positions in the department also abolished at this time, to economise. |
| Colin Mackenzie Pitt | 1938–1953 | |
| Edgar Derwent Blackwood | 1953-1955 | |
| Frank Miles | 1955-1970 | |
| Charles Christopher Butler | 1970–Jan 1986 | |
| Christopher M. Rowe | 1988–2002 | acting in January 1988, permanent by 1991 |
| Peter Murphy | 2002–2013 | |
| Michael Giudici | 2013–present | |
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