New Display of the Surveying and Geomatic Engineering Collection
The display of the Surveying and Geomatic Engineering Collection has recently been upgraded.
New showcases and explanatory wall panels set off this fascinating collection of surveying equipment, thanks to a grant provided by the University’s Cultural Collections Committee in 2006 and additional funding provided by the Faculty of Engineering.
The panels were written and the displays rearranged by Ms Amy Spencer, a graduate of the Master of Art Curatorship program in the School of Art History, Cinema, Classics & Archaeology, with assistance from staff in the Department of Geomatics. Graphic design was by Sophie Good.
The collection includes examples of each of the types of instrument used for astronomical, angular and distance measurement, together with instruments for the computation, plotting and presentation of the survey data, during the entire period of European occupation of Victoria. It illustrates continuing development in the nature and precision of measuring instruments available to the surveyor. The collection is considered to be the most comprehensive of its type in Victoria and to be significant in Australia.
The display is located in the Department of Geomatics, on the 4th floor of Engineering Building C.