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 Joseph Hatch Joseph Hatch was a New Zealand politician, but is now remembered for harvesting penguins and elephant seals for their oil on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island from 1890 to 1919. About two million penguins were killed over nearly three decades. His company J... , Leaseholder	On lease from the Tasmanian government
1911 to 1914	Base for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
1911 to 1914	Douglas Mawson Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an... , 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 Australian Antarctic Territory The Australian Antarctic Territory is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation...
25 March 1948	Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE station)
1978	Macquarie Island Nature Reserve
1997	UNESCO UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations... World Heritage site

Directors of the Australian Meteorological Bureau

Term	Incumbent	Notes>
1908 to 1931	Henry Ambrose Hunt Henry Ambrose Hunt Henry Ambrose Hunt was a British meteorologist noted for his contribution to meteorology in his adopted home of Australia...

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

Term	Incumbent	Notes>
1911 to 1913	George Ainsworth George Ainsworth George Frederick Ainsworth was an Australian meteorologist, public servant and businessman who headed one of the component parts of Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition .-Early years:...
1913 to 1914	Harold Power
1914 to 1915	Tullock
1915	Closure of meteorological station

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