List of Administrative Heads of Macquarie Island

List of Administrative Heads of Macquarie Island

Term Incumbent Notes
11 July 1810 Macquarie Island claimed by Britain, annexed to New South Wales
1890 Transferred to Tasmania Claimed by New Zealand until c.1905
1902 to 1920 Joseph Hatch, Leaseholder On lease from the Tasmanian government
1911 to 1914 Base for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
1911 to 1914 Douglas Mawson, Commander of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
1933 Declared a wildlife sanctuary
26 December 1947 Macquarie transferred to Australia and incorporated into the Australian Antarctic Territory
25 March 1948 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE station)
1978 Macquarie Island Nature Reserve
1997 UNESCO World Heritage site

Directors of the Australian Meteorological Bureau

Term Incumbent Notes
1908 to 1931 Henry Ambrose Hunt

Officers in charge Macquarie Island Meteorological Station under the Director of the Australian Meteorological Bureau

Term Incumbent Notes
1911 to 1913 George Ainsworth
1913 to 1914 Harold Power
1914 to 1915 Tullock
1915 Closure of meteorological station

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