Traverse

Traverse is the News Bulletin of the Institution of Surveyors Victoria. It is published monthly and provides members with technical and educational articles, letter from members regarding matters of interest, reports from office bearers and information on events and other activities.

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253 August 2008
  • Honorary Fellow of The Institution of Surveyors, Victoria awarded to Peter Davies
  • President's Report
  • On the training of graduates: A new perspective on traditional ways
  • Curly's Corner
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252 July 2008
  • Training the Generations for Business Success
  • Positioning Regional Victoria for the Future
  • A Review of Title Re-establishment (continued from Traverse 251)
  • Curly's Corner
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251 June 2008
  • Cadastral Surveying; Don't Forget the Supporting Roles!
  • Land Tenure Information
  • A Review of Title Re-establishment
  • Curly's Corner
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
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250 April/May 2008
  • The Surveying Profession
  • Phillip Island Regional Rurvey Conference 2008 - Water, Wind and Power
  • Map Grid Australia Co-ordinates
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
  • Curly's Corner
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249 March 2008
  • Connecting Generations
  • From Beauty to Baldrick: How Surveying on TV went from a Glamorous Femme Fatale to the Worst Job in History !!!
  • Curly's Corner
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248 January/February 2008
  • A Very Brief History of Aubrey Russell Goughton. Licensed Surveyor, Registration No. 694
  • Letters to the Editor - A Critical Shortage of Licensed Surveyors
  • The Cadastral Surveying Career Promotion Task Force
  • Cadastral Surveying in Victoria - Ensuring the Future of the Profession
  • Curly's Corner
  • A Comment on ISA's Retiring President's Message
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
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247 November/December 2007
  • Cadastral Surveying Career Promotion Task Force
  • The Murray Group
  • From the President
  • Curly's Corner
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246 October 2007
  • Peripheral Professional Projects
  • Technology Seminar - What in the World is Happening?
  • From the President
  • Curly's Corner
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245 September 2007
  • Where were you on the Expo Day?
  • Obituary: Kieran Michael Hogan (25/5/1928 - 29/6/2007)
  • From the President
  • Owner's Corporation Act 2006
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
  • 100 Years On, The Canning Stock Route
  • Curly's Corner
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244 August 2007
  • Surveying Industry Gala Dinner Highlights
  • From the President
  • Letter to the Editor
  • The Crest of the Institution
  • Curly's Corner
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243 July 2007
  • Surveying Apprenticeships
  • RMs 'n' OPs
  • The Second and Third Voyages of James Cook
  • Introducing the Melbourne Model for Geomatics Engineering, Surveying and Spatial Information Science Education
  • Curly's Corner
  • Report from the Office of the Surveyor General
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242 June 2007
  • My Experience at VCAT
  • www.surveying.org.au - ISV's new website
  • Victorian Borders
  • More on the Regional Conference
  • CR Kennedy wins DSE tender
  • Curly's Corner
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241 Apr/May 2007
  • Sydney 2010: UNITY - People and Practice
  • Summary of the Bendigo Regional Conference
  • J G Gillespie Gold Medal Prize Formal Call for Nominations
  • Curly's Corner
  • A "Not Too Serious" Look at Spatial Industries Certificate III
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240 Mar 2007
  • Who's Succeeding You
  • Geospatial Employment Resources On-Line at RMIT
  • From the President
  • Report from the Murray Group
  • J G Gillespie Gold Medal Prize Formal Call for Nominations
  • The Dynamics of Teamwork
  • Curly's Corner
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239 Jan/Feb 2007
  • A Busy Year
  • Francis Edward Culliver (11/10/1920 - 3/12/2006)
  • Mr. Raymond Robert SMITH - Medal of the Order of Australia
  • Federal Funding for Advances in Australian Geodesy
  • Curly's Corner
  • SPEAR Update
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238 Nov/Dec 2006
  • Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor, Explorer, Poet, Inventor...
  • Ed Young - President's Award 2006 winner.
  • Retiring President's Address
  • 60 Year Memberships
  • GPS Workshop 11 November 2006
  • Curly's Corner
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237 Oct 2006
  • Change and Clause 56
  • Reconstruction of Aceh Land Administration - Project Update [Part 2] by Ed Young
  • Personalities of the Profession - Ed Young
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236 Sep 2006
  • Wither Go We?
  • VALE - Mervyn John Smith
  • Reconstruction of Aceh Land Administration - Project Update [Part 1] by Ed Young
  • GPSNet Reference Station Coordinate Changes to Support Legal Positions
  • ISV Surveying Expo 2006
  • Curly's Corner
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
  • Thornton-Smith Medal awarded to Gabby McCarthy
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235 Aug 2006
  • Robert Gaetano Bortoli FIS Aust
  • The Institution's Gala Event
  • J G Gillespie Gold Medal Prize 2006
  • The Robery Hoddle Prize for Excellence in Surveying
  • VALE - Norman Stenhouse L.S. FIS Aust
  • Personalities of the Profession - Ian Romeril
  • Curly's Corner
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
  • SPEAR Update
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234 Jun/Jul 2006
  • GPS!
  • Victorian Regional Conference 2006
  • From my side of the theodolite
  • Donald Ian Kirkpatric & Surveyors Lost, Flinders Island
  • World Record Accuracy with Leica Geosystems
  • New Entry Level Course for Survey Assistants
  • FIG meeting May 20-21 2006 hend at FIG office Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Personalities of the Profession - Braith McClure
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233 May 2006
  • ISV Young Surveyors and SSI Young Professionals
  • The Robert Hoddle Prize in Surveying 2006
  • Celebrate Surveying
  • Lands Surveying Commission
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
  • J G Gillespie Gold Medal Prize Formal Call for Nominations
  • Personalities of the Profession - Andrew Reay
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232 Apr 2006
  • Your Victorian Professional Surveying Association
  • Young Surveyors Group and SSI Young Professionals
  • Report from 5th FIG Regional Conference
  • J G Gillespie Gold Medal Prize - The Legacy Continues
  • How to Recruit the Right Person for the Job
  • From the Office of the Surveyor General
  • Curly's Corner
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230 Feb 2006
  • Will Market Forces save the Industry and Surveyors?
  • VALE - Alan James Middleton
  • Remediation of Contaminated Sites - beyond Dig and Dump
  • SSI Young Professionals & ISV Young Surveyors Activities
  • Curly's Corner
  • Celebrate Surveying
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