Polity Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were discovered by the British in 1833.

Establishment

  • November 1833: The first person to possibly sight Heard Island was Peter Kemp, a British seal hunter who discovered it on November 27, 1833 while traveling on the Magnet from the Kerguelen Islands to Antarctica.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • December 1947: The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia.

Disestablishment

  • December 1947: The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia.