Person
Mackey, George William (1906 - 1979)
MBE
- Born
- 27 February 1906
West Leederville, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 1979
- Occupation
- Meteorologist
Summary
George 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.
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Chronology
- 1920 - 1922
- Education - Studied at the Royal Australian Naval College in Jervis Bay
- c. 1922 - 1941
- Career position - Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve
- 1927 - 1930
- Career position - Meteorological Assistant with the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne
- 1930 - 1936
- Career position - Cadet Engineer with the Postmaster-General's Department
- 1936
- Career position - Assistant Meteorologist (Research) with the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne
- 1937 - 1940
- Career position - Meteorologist in charge at the Bureau of Meteorology in Darwin
- 1941 - c. 1945
- Career position - Joined the Royal Australian Air Force, serving as Squadron Leader in Malaya, Sumatra and Darwin
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - Divisional Meteorologist and Deputy Director at the Bureau in Hobart
- 1947 -
- Award - Associate of the Institute of Physics (Australia)
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - Deputy Director at the Bureau in Adelaide
- 1949 - 1971
- Career position - Deputy Director at the Bureau in Perth
- 1970
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Mr. G. W. Mackey - Deputy Director, Perth', Weather News, 43 (February 1960) (1960), 4-5. Details
- 'Bureau Profile 9 - the Retoubtable George Mackey, Retd.', Weather News, 175 (March 1971) (1971), 5-9. Details
- 'Deaths of Former Officers', Weather News, 247 (December 1979) (1979), 15. Details
Resources
- 'Mackey, George William (19060227-19791231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476357. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_m.html. Details
Helen Morgan
Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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