Office of the Surveyor-General
The Office of the Surveyor-General is the primary government authority on surveying and the cadastre (land property boundaries and tenure) including cadastral surveying legislation, foundation spatial data, geographic place names, roads opening and closing, positioning infrastructure and geodetic surveying.
The role and responsibilities of the Surveyor-General include:
- Setting cadastral survey practice standards and monitoring compliance
- positioning infrastructure and geodetic surveying
- integrity of land property boundaries and tenure - land division approvals
- protection of permanent survey marks
- land administration
- foundation spatial data - spatial mapping
- roads opening and closing - roads and place names
- place name proposals - roads and place names
- geographic place names
- Adelaide Park Lands Plan
- leadership role within the profession
- resources.
Contact Office of the Surveyor-General
General enquiries
Business hours: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday
Phone: (08) 7133 2300
Email: DTI.OfficeSurveyorGeneral@sa.gov.au
Postal Address: GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 7133 2300
Email: DTI.OfficeSurveyorGeneral@sa.gov.au
Postal Address: GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA 5001
Survey enquiries
For survey mark enquiries or EDM Calibration bookings
Phone: (08) 7133 2300
Email: DTI.SurveyOperations@sa.gov.au
Phone: (08) 7133 2300
Email: DTI.SurveyOperations@sa.gov.au
Geographical names
Phone: (08) 7133 3026
Postal Address: Office of the Surveyor-General
Geographical Names Unit
GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA 5001
Email: DTI.PlaceNames@sa.gov.au
Postal Address: Office of the Surveyor-General
Geographical Names Unit
GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA 5001
Email: DTI.PlaceNames@sa.gov.au
Addressing
Roads (opening and closing)
Planning Services
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Fees and Publications enquiries
Phone: (08) 7133 3028
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Land Division enquiries
Phone: (08) 7133 3030