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SCOTT CRISP & HAMBLIN PTY LIMITED, Consulting Surveyors, has operated an office in Singleton since August 1975. The practice has been in existence since 1890. The practices of Mr Surveyor William Henry FOSTER* and Mr Surveyor Rue BERGIN* were acquired by Cephas Norman SCOTT* who had qualified as a surveyor in 1910 after training with Rue Bergin.
Over the years the practice has undergone structural changes the last being in 1987 when SCOTT CRISP & HAMBLIN PTY LIMITED was formed. Garry Hamblin is the Director and Principal Surveyor of the Company. Garry is a Registered Land Surveyor with many years' experience in the profession.
*William Henry Foster was attached to the Survey Office at Hay before commencing private practice at West Maitland in 1890, where he carried on his profession for 38 years. He was a life member of the Institute of Surveyors. He resided in East Maitland where he served as a mayor for several terms. He was keenly interested in serving in all matters connected with St. Peters Church and the Christian and civic development of the town. He assisted in the formation of the Boys' Club and Maitland Golf Club. He died in 1938.
*Rue Bergin began his surveying career in New Zealand before moving to NSW where he received his surveyor's certificate from the Lands Department in 1886. He followed his profession in various parts of the state. He had a thorough knowledge of the areas from the Hawkesbury River to Gloucester, out to Mudgee and Murrurundi. He lived in Dungog for several years before moving to West Maitland. He surveyed the route for some of the Sydney tram lines and also for the Adamstown and Broadmeadow lines at Newcastle. He knew the Barrington Tops area intimately. He made the first traverse from Hanging Rock to Wangat, making many tracings, and also placed trout in some of the streams there. As a valuer, he was widely know in these districts, having had a farm at Gresford for many years. He died in 1926.
*Cephas Norman Scott qualified as a Surveyor in 1910 after training with Rue Bergin. Upon qualification Cephas worked for the Public Works Department in Sydney and then in the Gloucester District where, among other things, he surveyed land for camping grounds and reserves. Cephas returned from Government service in 1921 and moved to Maitland where he acquired the practices of William Foster and Rue Bergin which covered a great deal of the Hunter Valley and the Gloucester District. Cephas spent a lot of time in World War 2 on Army assignments mapping the area around Kyogle, Woodenbong, Mt Barney and across the Queensland border to Beaudesert. Cephas was made a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors in 1923. He died in 1972.
In 1950 Walter Jack Crisp joined the practice and the firm became known as Cephas N Scott & Crisp. Jack Crisp began training with the Lands Department in Sydney before enlisting in the Australian Army where he was shipped to the Middle East on the liner the Queen Mary with the Australian Railway Survey Co. He carried out survey and design of an important rail line in southern Lebanon. Upon his return to Australia in 1943 Jack transferred to the RAAF as a navigator and was sent to Canada with the Empire Training Scheme. After his discharge from the Army in 1945 Jack worked in Sydney, Taree and Wagga Wagga before joining Cephas Scott in partnership. Jack was made a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors in 1981. He died in 2001.
Over the years the practice has undergone structural changes the last being in 1987 when SCOTT CRISP & HAMBLIN PTY LIMITED was formed. Garry Hamblin is the Director and Principal Surveyor of the Company. Garry is a Registered Land Surveyor with many years' experience in the profession.
*William Henry Foster was attached to the Survey Office at Hay before commencing private practice at West Maitland in 1890, where he carried on his profession for 38 years. He was a life member of the Institute of Surveyors. He resided in East Maitland where he served as a mayor for several terms. He was keenly interested in serving in all matters connected with St. Peters Church and the Christian and civic development of the town. He assisted in the formation of the Boys' Club and Maitland Golf Club. He died in 1938.
*Rue Bergin began his surveying career in New Zealand before moving to NSW where he received his surveyor's certificate from the Lands Department in 1886. He followed his profession in various parts of the state. He had a thorough knowledge of the areas from the Hawkesbury River to Gloucester, out to Mudgee and Murrurundi. He lived in Dungog for several years before moving to West Maitland. He surveyed the route for some of the Sydney tram lines and also for the Adamstown and Broadmeadow lines at Newcastle. He knew the Barrington Tops area intimately. He made the first traverse from Hanging Rock to Wangat, making many tracings, and also placed trout in some of the streams there. As a valuer, he was widely know in these districts, having had a farm at Gresford for many years. He died in 1926.
*Cephas Norman Scott qualified as a Surveyor in 1910 after training with Rue Bergin. Upon qualification Cephas worked for the Public Works Department in Sydney and then in the Gloucester District where, among other things, he surveyed land for camping grounds and reserves. Cephas returned from Government service in 1921 and moved to Maitland where he acquired the practices of William Foster and Rue Bergin which covered a great deal of the Hunter Valley and the Gloucester District. Cephas spent a lot of time in World War 2 on Army assignments mapping the area around Kyogle, Woodenbong, Mt Barney and across the Queensland border to Beaudesert. Cephas was made a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors in 1923. He died in 1972.
In 1950 Walter Jack Crisp joined the practice and the firm became known as Cephas N Scott & Crisp. Jack Crisp began training with the Lands Department in Sydney before enlisting in the Australian Army where he was shipped to the Middle East on the liner the Queen Mary with the Australian Railway Survey Co. He carried out survey and design of an important rail line in southern Lebanon. Upon his return to Australia in 1943 Jack transferred to the RAAF as a navigator and was sent to Canada with the Empire Training Scheme. After his discharge from the Army in 1945 Jack worked in Sydney, Taree and Wagga Wagga before joining Cephas Scott in partnership. Jack was made a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors in 1981. He died in 2001.
Photo:
Cephas Norman Scott and survey party -
Manning River 1912
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Postal Address: PO Box 454, Singleton NSW 2330Phone: 02 6572 1927Email: info@scottcrisp.com.au