With long communal tables and exposed brick walls, Survey Co. Bar and Bistro is one of Brisbane's most impressive hang-outs. With restaurateur Simon Livingstone behind the venture, this well-oiled restaurant offers dishes such as venison and bouillabaisse. Sleek and sophisticated, Survey Co. Bar and Bistro is a stunning addition to the Brisbane foodie scene.
In recognition of James Charles Burnett (1815-1854),
surveyor and explorer, born in England.
In the William he arrived at Sydney in December 1829 with his family. On 1 January 1833 James was appointed a clerk in the Surveyor-General’s Department, where he rose rapidly through the ranks of draftsman and assistant-surveyor to head of the new Survey Office established at Brisbane in 1844.
In October 1841, after field work in the Illawarra district, Burnett was sent by the surveyor-general, Sir Thomas Mitchell, with his own son Roderick as second-in-command, on an expedition to trace the Dividing Range as far north as was practicably consistent with a speedy arrival at Moreton Bay.
With great difficulty Burnett followed the range to about 30°S, and then had to take the quickest route to Brisbane, where he arrived in September 1842.
In 1843 Mitchell instructed him to make a plan of the Richmond River from its source to its mouth. Starting from Brisbane, Burnett cut the first dray road up the Logan River valley and across the rugged McPherson Range west of Mount Lindsay into the Richmond valley.
His report that the Richmond River was navigable for ships of up to seventy tons for some twenty miles (32 km) brought a coastal schooner service to the up-river stations after 1846.
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