Packer, Robert Simpson

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Unique IDPE-001224SurnamePackerGiven namesRobert SimpsonBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1854-1868Biographical noteBiographical details:
NSW BDMs Registry: Death PACKER ROBERT 2889/1874 AGE 50 YEARS DIED REDFERN registered at REDFERN [July]

Death Notice: On the 29th July, at his residence, Pitt-street, Redfern, Robert Simpson, aged 50 years, eldest son of the late Captain Packer, R.N., of Heathfield, county of Cork, Ireland. [ref: Empire 1 August 1874 p1]; [ref: SMH 1 August 1874 p1]

Details from contemporary sources:
1854 Appointed from 1 June 1854 at £4 per week - Assistant for the Trigonometrical Survey of Sydney [ref: 7/7/239-241]
1856 Requests increase & permanency - July 1856 [ref: 26/23/541]
1857 Details concerning and return of 100 feet chain - May [ref: 26/29/033]
1859 In response to recommendation for dismissal - describes work on the Trigonometrical Survey and work still needing to be done - May [ref: 26/40/542]
1859 Request certificate of competency - 5 years as surveyor in position now abolished- Bell agrees he is competent land surveyor - Underwood St Paddington - July [ref: 26/41/708]
1865 Paid for Trig Survey work - July [ref: 22/8/31/167]
1867 Pitt Street South, Redfern - remarks on Trig Survey & Plan - January - rebuttal by Bell [ref: 26/83/077]
1868 Pitt St Redfern - agreement to survey Prince Alfred Park for £20 - January [ref: 26/89/034]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-003556

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionAssistant Surveyor [City Surveyor's Department]Surveyor [multiple departments]

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Packer, Robert Simpson