A card on it said Survey marker post placed by Mr T H Turner Authorised Surveyor, in July 1884 on the 36 parallel of Latitude South between Lake Hindmarsh and the South Australian Border . These matters were a mystery. Initially, the post was refurbished for proper display. It was mounted on a red gum plinth with a brass plaque setting out the details described above. Figure 1 shows the refurbished post.
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I contacted Peter Knights, retired Survey Investigations Officer of the Surveyor-General s Office. He had written an article in a Surveying Journal in 1994 on Survey Marks and Monuments which included comment on Turner s iron posts. It stated When considering the exploits of early Crown surveyors, Turner must rank as one of the most resolute and tough . This revealed that Turner had owned many Allotments in areas he had surveyed but no definitive answers. A search was then made of the Victorian Surveyors Board Register, a huge bound volume guarded by the Assistant Secretary and containing the names and details of all Victorian Surveyors since 1895.