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Mackey, George William (1906 - 1979)

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Meteorologist

Born: 27 February 1906 West Leederville, Western Australia, Australia. Died: 1979.

George William Mackey worked for the Bureau of Meteorology for 44 years (1927-1971) and was Deputy Director, Hobart, 1944-1946, Adelaide, 1947-1948, and Perth, 1949-1971. While working in Perth he was involved in meteorological aspects of flight planning for the first regular passenger flights across the Indian Ocean in the mid 1950s, and was also involved in tropical cyclone warning systems for the north west of Western Australia. Mackey was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Perth and at the Royal Australian Naval College in Jervis Bay.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1920 - 1922 Studied at the Royal Australian Naval College in Jervis Bay
c. 1922 - 1941 Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve
1927 - 1930 Meteorological Assistant with the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne
1930 - 1936 Cadet Engineer with the Postmaster-General's Department
1936 Assistant Meteorologist (Research) with the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne
1937 - 1940 Meteorologist in charge at the Bureau of Meteorology in Darwin
1941 - c. 1945 Joined the Royal Australian Air Force, serving as Squadron Leader in Malaya, Sumatra and Darwin
1945 - 1946 Divisional Meteorologist and Deputy Director at the Bureau in Hobart
1947 - Associate of the Institute of Physics (Australia)
1947 - 1948 Deputy Director at the Bureau in Adelaide
1949 - 1971 Deputy Director at the Bureau in Perth
1970 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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See Also

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P003277. [ Details ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 10 May 2001
Modified: 6 December 2006

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