List of administrative heads of Macquarie Island
# List of administrative heads of Macquarie Island

This is a list of Administrative Heads of Macquarie Island.

## Macquarie Island legal status

The following table outlines the legal status and administrative arrangements covering Macquarie Island.

| Legal status | Term start | Term end | Comments |
| - | - | - | - |
| Macquarie Island claimed by the United Kingdom, annexed to the Colony of New South Wales | 11 July 1810 (1810-07-11) | 2 December 1825 (1825-12-02) | Frederick Hasselborough discovered the uninhabited island |
| Responsible self-government established in New South Wales | 1 January 1856 (1856-01-01) | | |
| Transferred to Tasmania | 17 June 1890 (1890-06-17) | ongoing | |
| Leasehold estate | 1902 (1902) | 1920 (1920) | Government of Tasmania grants lease to Joseph Hatch. |
| Base for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition | 1911 (1911) | 1914 (1914) | Established under the command of Douglas Mawson |
| Declared a wildlife sanctuary | 17 May 1933 (1933-05-17) | | |
| Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) station | 25 March 1948 (1948-03-25) | | |
| Macquarie Island Nature Reserve | 1978 (1978) | | |
| Inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List | 5 December 1997 (1997-12-05) | ongoing | A site of major geoconservation significance |
| Macquarie Island Marine Park declared | 27 October 1999 (1999-10-27) | 31 August 2007 (2007-08-31) | |
| Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve declared | 31 August 2007 (2007-08-31) | ongoing | |

## Officers in charge Macquarie Island Meteorological Station

The following officers were appointed to manage the Macquarie Island Meteorological Station under the Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

| No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Comments |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | George Ainsworth | 1911 (1911) | 1913 (1913) | 1–2 years | |
| 2 | Harold Power | 1913 (1913) | 1914 (1914) | 0–1 years | |
| 3 | Arthur Tulloch | 1914 (1914) | 1915 (1915) | 0–1 years | Closure of meteorological station |
