Hugh Goebelle

The applicant sought to confirm the boundary between her property and the objector's property under the Boundaries Act.

The dispute centered on the location of 'Point B', with the applicant's surveyor relying on a short standard iron bar (SSIB) planted in 2018, and the objector's surveyor relying on a pipe found in 2016.

Applying the hierarchy of survey evidence, the Deputy Director of Titles found that the SSIB represented the best evidence of the original 'gas pipe' monument established in 1962, as its measurements aligned with historical field notes.

The application was allowed and the boundary proposed by the applicant was confirmed.

The applicant sought to confirm the true location of a boundary between two quarter lots under the Boundaries Act.

The applicant's surveyor relied on the remains of an old page wire fence as the best evidence of the original boundary, which was consistent with a 1971 survey.

The objectors argued that the boundary should be determined by the mathematically calculated midline of the concession, which differed from the fence line by approximately 16.39 metres.

The Deputy Director of Titles allowed the application, applying the hierarchy of evidence to conclude that the old fence constituted the best available evidence of the original running of the boundary on the ground, rather than modern mathematical measurements.