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Artefact gallery

Surveying accessories

Surveyors used a variety of tools and accessories when surveying in the field. Accessories ranged from a box to carry small items to a tripod to allow for the boiling of the billy.

  • Axe used by surveyors
  • Leather field bag used to hold items required by surveyor
  • Leather field bag and its contents
  • Tripod used to boil a billy for a cup of tea in the bush
  • Surveyors observing light
  • Heavy metal cone hangs on a string
  • Retracting plumb bob
  • Turnip shaped plumb bob
  • Carrot shaped plumb bob with leather case for storage and transportation
  • Hook used to attach the string from a plumb bob
  • Sunglasses used in the early 1880s by a surveyor
  • Surveyors box used to transport equipment and items necessary for conducting surveys in the field
  • Lid of surveyors box showing the painting of a surveying campsite
  • Heliograph used for reflecting a beam of sunlight in any direction

In this guide:

  1. Distance measurement instruments
  2. Drafting and mapping instruments
  3. Angular measurement instruments
  4. Heighting instruments
  5. Surveying accessories
  6. Astronomical observing instruments and timekeeping
  7. Artefact gallery
  8. Photographic equipment
  9. Calculations

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Last updated:
13 March 2018
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