Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales

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The Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales was a colonial-era government agency responsible for surveying, mapping, and managing land in the Australian colony of New South Wales.

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Label	Occurrences
Surveyor General of New South Wales	2
New South Wales Department of Lands	1
New South Wales Surveyor-General's Department	1
Surveyor-General of New South Wales	1
Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14493932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales
Context triple: [William Romaine Govett, employer, Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales]

A. South Australian Surveyor-General’s Department
The South Australian Surveyor-General’s Department was a colonial government agency responsible for surveying, mapping, and managing land administration in South Australia.
B. Secretary for Lands of New South Wales
The Secretary for Lands of New South Wales was a senior government ministerial role responsible for overseeing land administration, allocation, and related policies in the Australian state of New South Wales.
C. Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.
D. Surveyor-General of Victoria
The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the senior government official responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and cadastral administration in the Australian state of Victoria.
E. New South Wales Public Works Department
The New South Wales Public Works Department was a government agency responsible for designing, constructing, and maintaining major public infrastructure and buildings in the Australian state of New South Wales.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales
Target entity description: The Surveyor-General’s Department of New South Wales was a colonial-era government agency responsible for surveying, mapping, and managing land in the Australian colony of New South Wales.

A. South Australian Surveyor-General’s Department
The South Australian Surveyor-General’s Department was a colonial government agency responsible for surveying, mapping, and managing land administration in South Australia.
B. Secretary for Lands of New South Wales
The Secretary for Lands of New South Wales was a senior government ministerial role responsible for overseeing land administration, allocation, and related policies in the Australian state of New South Wales.
C. Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.
D. Surveyor-General of Victoria
The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the senior government official responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and cadastral administration in the Australian state of Victoria.
E. New South Wales Public Works Department
The New South Wales Public Works Department was a government agency responsible for designing, constructing, and maintaining major public infrastructure and buildings in the Australian state of New South Wales.
F. None of above. chosen