Raymond Holmes (surveyor)
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Dr Raymond Eden Holmes, former Surveyor-General of Victoria, 1979-88 was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours. for "significant service to surveying and mapping, and to professional organisations".[1] Holmes is also acknowledged for his recovery in July 2007 of artefacts from the Burke and Wills expedition, which he donated to the State Library of Victoria.[2]
In 1994, The University of Melbourne awarded Holmes a Doctorate of Surveying Honaris Causa for his services to the surveying profession in Victoria and the university. [3] Following his retirement as Surveyor General, Holmes worked as a consultant to both the World Bank and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as an expert adviser on land administration.
- ^ https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2019/xklw-03mcv/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20(A%20-%20L).pdf
- ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-04-19/burke-and-wills-spirit-level-donated-to-state/402042
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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