list of administrative heads of macquarie island {| term incumbent notes |- |11 july 1810||macquarie island claimed by britain, annexed to new south wales |- |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 |} ==see also== *macquarie island *australian antarctic territory
Government_of_Australia Lists_of_office-holders_in_Australia Macquarie_Island