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1810
Captain F Hasselbrough's ship "Preserverance" set sail for Campbell Island, but got off course due to husky wind and foggy mist. He sighted unknown land on his charts on June 11th and named it Macquarie Island (Ella and Pham). -
1815
Macquarie Island is being hit by multiple earthquakes because of multiple tectonic plates being moved causing tidal waves crashing onto the mountains and eroding/destroying them (Brian and William). -
1820
Many gangs have arrived on Macquarie Island. The gangs are consuming more portions of birds and the flippers of the elephants seals. Now the gangs are using the blubber of the sea elephants as a heat source (Ava and Leo). -
1820
Captain Thoddeus Von Bellingshausen approached the shore of Macquarie Island. He saw huge elephant seals roaring at each other and sent back to Australia samples of small parakeets and albatross (Zeanne and Lacquan). -
1890
There are currently many rabbits on Macquarie Island and people are using them as a source of food as many of the ships have not arrived on time and supplies are low. Sailor's clothes are thin and wet and many sailors covered their huts with sea elephant skin and plants to prevent the wind from coming in (Jiya and Ricky). -
1892
The Tasmanian Government banned the taking of seals for three years (Jiya and Ricky). -
1930
Douglas Mawson returns to Macquarie Island to find the oil industry was finished and seals and penguins were no longer hunted. However, the number of rabbits had dramatically increased (Patrick and Maya). -
1980
The wekas are digging up the petrel nests and eating their eggs, they are becoming a massive threat to the island. The number of rodents have increased dramatically and many birds have abandoned their nests as a result with cracked eggs left behind. During the night, scientists can hear the howl of fighting cats - the cats must go! (Cadence and Thomas) -
1980
The scientists at Macquarie Island are studying the plant pod annua since they are disturbing the elephant seal wallows. Based on their observations, the scientists will decide to remove this introduced plant or not (Joshua, Alex and Phoenix) -
1988
Humans have caught the last of the wekas and have trapped many cats as part of an eradication program The Government funded this program because these feral animals were killing the natural animals from Macquarie Island. Unfortunately, hundreds of feral animals still live on Macquarie Island (Ethan). -
1995
Tourists are coming to visit the island. Under strict quarantine regulations, they have travelled through a bath of disinfectant and must have their pockets cleaned for seeds before coming ashore. The tourists observe the stations and view the wildlife and habitats of Sandy Bay (Ethan). -
2010-2014
Steve Austin and his dogs Katie, Gus and Ricco eradicated the last rabbits on Macquarie Island since these pests were consuming the megaherbs that were preventing erosion and harmful landslides. This was achieved by training the dogs to detect the remaining rabbits so they could be humanely removed by their owners (5S).