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Consuls of
the German Empire in
Hobart Town 1871-1914
19.10.1871-9.6.1876 | 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. |
19.9.1901-9.3.1906 | Dr. med. Edgar Wolfhagen, Consul During any lengthy absence he was represented by the brothers Gustav and Alfred Christian Dehle. |
23.5.1909-26.1.1914 | 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
For Prussia | |
1853-1854 | Charles Shum Henty, Consul in Van Diemens Land |
For Hannover | |
1856-1861 | Ernst Marwedel, Consul |
For the Hanseatic-Cities (Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck etc) | |
1857-1860 | William George Lempriere, Consul |
For Hamburg | |
1860-1866 | William Boys, Consul |
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