Diplomats

Consuls of the German Empire in Hobart Town 1871-1914
Years Consuls
19/10/1871-09/06/1876 Friedrich Buck, Consul
He was a businessman from Hamburg, and during any lengthy absence was represented by the Principal of the High School of Hobart Town, the Reverend R.D. Powlett-Harris, M.A.
The consulate was closed at the end of 1876. An unsuccessful application was made for the establishment of a consulate in Launceston for northern Tasmania.
19/09/1901-09/03/1906 Dr. med. Edgar Wolfhagen, Consul
During any lengthy absence he was represented by the brothers Gustav and Alfred Christian Dehle.
23/05/1909-26/01/1914 Alfred Christian Dehle, Consul
Then Dr. phil. Friedrich Nötling took over the running of the consulate. The planned official appointment of Nötling to the post of Consul was not carried out due to the outbreak of the First World War. Dehle was interned during the war.

From 1937-1939 Tasmania was part of the jurisdiction of the consulate in Melbourne.

Consuls of other independent German states in Hobart Town 1853-1866
State Years Consuls
For Prussia 1853-1854 Charles Shum Henty, Consul in Van-Diemens-Land
For Hannover 1856-1861 Ernst Marwedel, Consul
For the Hansa cities* 1857-1860 William George Lempriere, Consul
For Hamburg 1860-1866 William Boys, Consul

* Hansa/Hanseatic cities: members of the Hanseatic League, e.g. Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Rostock etc.

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