The Surveyor General's Directions provide information about survey practice in New South Wales.
The following links allow you to open or download the directions in PDF format.
Direction No.1 (PDF 1.1 mb)
Approved Permanent Marks
Direction No.2 (PDF 1.1 mb)
Preparation of Locality Sketch Plans
Locality Sketch Plan forms
Direction No.3 (PDF 865 kb)
Control for Cadastral Surveys
Direction No.4 (PDF 348 kb)
Using SCIMS
Direction No.5 (PDF 1mb)
Verification of Distance Measuring Equipment
EDM Testline Measurement Reports
EDM Calibration Recording Sheet (PDF 61 kb)
Direction No.6 (PDF 205 kb)
Water as a Boundary
Direction No.7 currently under review
Surveying Regulation Applications
Exemption Request Form (DOC 38 kb)
Direction No.8 (PDF 208 kb)
Mining Surveys
Direction No.9 DRAFT (PDF 3.3 mb)
GNSS for Cadastral and Mining Surveys
Public comment on the draft document GNSS for Cadastral and Mining Surveys is welcome until 30 September 2012.
Please send comments to SurveyorGeneral@lpi.nsw.gov.au
GNSS Test details for Bass Hill (PDF 3.9mb)
GNSS Test details for Newcastle (PDF 2.4mb)
Direction No.10 (PDF 75 kb)
Survey of Crown Land
Direction No.11 (PDF 283 kb)
Preservation of Survey Infrastructure
Download the Survey Marks All About Protecting Them brochure ( 3.8MB).
Direction No.12 DRAFT (PDF 565kb)
Control Surveys and SCIMS
Public comment on the draft document Control Surveys and SCIMS is welcome until 30 April 2012.
Comment on draft document Surveyor General's Direction No 12 is now closed.
Please send comments to SurveyorGeneral@lpi.nsw.gov.au
