Australian
Antarctic Territory
Adopted 13 Jun 1933
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Australian
Antarctic
Territory
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Chronology
11 Jul
1810
Macquarie
Island claimed for U.K. by
Frederick
Hasselborough (d.
1810) and annexed to New South
Wales.
24 Feb 1831
Enderby Land discovered by British
Capt. John Biscoe
(b. 1794 - d.
1843) in the whaling brig Tula.
27 Nov
1833
McDonald Island and Heard Islands
possibly sighted by
British
sealer Peter Kemp on brig Magnet.
19 Jan 1840
Wilkes Land is discovered by U.S. Lt.
Charles Wilkes
(b. 1798 - d. 1877).
9 Jan
1841
Victoria Land claimed for U.K. by
Capt. James Clark
Ross (b.
1800 - d. 1862).
25 Nov
1853
Heard Island sighted by American Capt.
John J. Heard on
the barque Oriental.
4 Jan
1854
McDonald Islands sighted by Capt.
William McDonald
aboard the Samarang.
6 Feb
1874
Heard Island visited by British ship HMS
Challenger.
17 Jun 1890
Macquarie Island transferred from New
South Wales to
Tasmania.
22 Feb
1902
Kaiser Wilhelm II Land (or the Wilhelm
II Coast)
discovered and
named by German Erich von Drygalski
(b. 1865 - d. 1949).
25 Mar 1910
Heard
Island and McDonald Islands annexed
for U.K. by
Anton Evensen
master of the Mangoro.
Feb
1912
Queen Mary Land (or Queen Mary Coast)
claimed for U.K.
and named by
Douglas Mawson (b. 1882 - d. 1958).
1926 -
1934
Heard and McDonald Islands
leased to a British company
in South Africa.
26 Nov - 3 Dec 1929 Heard
Island occupied by Sir Douglas
Mawson's (s.a.)
Antarctic expedition.
13 Jan
1930
Enderby Land is claimed for U.K. by
Sir Douglas Mawson
(s.a.).
9 Feb
1931
Princess Elizabeth Land claimed
for U.K. and named
by Sir Douglas Mawson (s.a.).
17 May 1933
Macquarie Island declared a wildlife
sanctuary.
13 Jun
1933
British order annexes the part of
Antarctica south of
60° and
between longitudes 45° E
and 160° E
(excluding
French Terre Adelie 136°E to 142°E),
and
transfers
it to Australia.
24 Aug 1936
Transfer of sovereignty to Australia
effective, by the
Australian
Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act
1933
(Australian Antarctic
Territory).
1 Apr
1938
Boundaries with French Terre Adelie
are fixed
definitively between longitudes
136°E and 142°E.
28 May 1947
Australian
Antarctic Planning Committee formed
which
from Aug
1947 operates the Australian National
Antarctic
Research Expeditions (ANARE).
26 Dec
1947
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
are transferred
to
Australia by U.K.; Macquarie
Island is transferred
to
Australia and administered by
Australian Antarctic
Territory.
1 Jan 1949
Australian Antarctic Division created
to administer
Australian Antarctic Territory,
McDonald Island
and Heard
Islands.
19 Dec
1950
Australia assumes full sovereignty
over Heard Island.
and McDonald Islands.
13 Feb
1954
Mawson Station, first
permanent Australian
station
in
Antarctica, opens.
Davis Station established 13 Jan
1957 (temporarily closed 25
Jan 1965 - 15 Feb 1969).
27 Oct
1999
Macquarie Island Marine Park
16 Oct 2002
Heard
Island and McDonald Islands Marine
Reserve.
31 Aug
2007
Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine
Reserve.
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Directors of the Australian Antarctic Division
(in Kingston, Tasmania, Australia)
(part of the Australian Department
of Environment)
Aug 1947 - Jan
1949 Stuart
Alexander Caird Campbell (b. 1903 -
d. 1988)
(Officer-in-charge and Chief Executive Officer)
2 Feb 1949 - 2 Dec 1965
Phillip Garth Law
(b. 1912
- d. 2010)
2 Dec 1965 - 2 Oct 1970
Donald "Don" Franklin Styles (b.
1916 - d. 1995)
(1st time)(acting)
2 Oct 1970 - 1 Aug 1971 Bryan
Rofe
(b. 1918 - d. 1971)
1 Aug 1971 - 1972
Donald "Don" Franklin Styles
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
1972 - 1979
Raymond "Ray"
Ivan Garrod (b.
1917 - d. 2009)
9 Apr 1979 - Feb
1984 Clarence "Clarrie" Gordon
McCue (b. 1927 - d. 1992)
Feb 1984 - Apr 1989
James "Jim" Edward Bleasel
(b. 1936?)
(acting to 1985)
Apr 1989 - 23 Nov
1998 Rex Leonard Moncur
(acting to Dec 1989)
23 Nov 1998 - 2009
Anthony
"Tony" J. Press
Feb 2009 - Aug 2011
Lyn Maddock (f)
(b. 1950)
Aug 2011 - 6 Aug
2015 Anthony
"Tony" Fleming
6 Aug 2015 - 29 Nov 2018 Nicholas "Nick"
John Gales
29 Nov 2018 - 6 Feb 2019 Rob Bryson
(acting)
6 Feb 2019
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Kim Ellis
Territorial
Disputes: Australian
Antarctic claim is recognized by France, New
Zealand, Norway and U.K., but it is
not recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia or
by most other countries. Administered by
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water,
Population and Communities.
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