P006911 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-03-22 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006911b.htm person Ainsworth George Frederick AACR2 20 June 1878 11 October 1950 Place of Birth Charleston, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Meteorologist Antarctic explorer Businessman George Ainsworth was a teacher in the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction before an interest in meteorology prompted him to join the Central Weather Bureau in Melbourne. In 1911 he was appointed Leader and Meteorologist of the Macquarie Island party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. He established the radio station on Wireless Hill, providing the vital relay link for the first radio communications between Antarctica and Australia. As meteorologist Ainsworth made daily meteorological readings. The party achieved significant results despite Ainsworth's leadership style not sitting well with his companions. His account of the party's activities was included in Mawson's Home of the blizzard (1915) while his meteorological data were published in 1929. During WWI Ainsworth served in military intelligence. His later career included several years as Head of the Foreign Section of the Prime Minister's Department before leaving the public service to join the private sector. Mount Ainsworth, Macquarie Island, was named in his honour. 1893 1910 Career position - Assistant Teacher, Department of Public Instruction, New South Wales 1910 1911 Career position - Assistant, Central Weather Bureau, Department of Home Affairs, Melbourne December 1911 November 1913 Career position - Leader and Meteorologist, Macquarie Island party, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1915 1915 Award - Polar Medal (Silver) 1915 1917 Military service - First World War. Lieutenant, Australian 62nd Infantry Battalion 1917 1919 Career position - Chief, Special Intelligence Bureau, Counter Espionage Bureau Queensland 1919 1921 Career position - Inspector-in-Charge, Investigation Branch, Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, Queensland 1921 1924 Career position - Head, Foreign Section, Prime Minister's Department 1923 1923 Career position - Foreign affairs officer, Australian delegation Imperial Economic Conference, London 1925 1929 Career position - Business Manager, Kellow-Falkiner (car dealership) 1929 1930 Career position - General Manager, Chrysler Corporation, New Zealand 1930 1935 Career position - General Manager, Barnet Glass Rubber, Queensland 1935 1937 Career position - State organiser, Queensland, United Australian Party 1938 1947 Career position - Meteorologist, Rose Bay Station, Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Leader and Meteorologist, Macquarie Island party 1911 - 1913

 'Ainsworth, George Frederick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ainsworth, George Frederick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Tabulated and reduced records of the Macquarie Island station: recorders G. Ainsworth, H. Power and A. C. Tulloch; reduction and tabulation of data by direction of H. A. Hunt and under superintendence of B. W. Newman Ainsworth, G. F.; Power, H.; and Tulloch, A. C. Tabulated and reduced records of the Macquarie Island station: recorders G. Ainsworth, H. Power and A. C. Tulloch; reduction and tabulation of data by direction of H. A. Hunt and under superintendence of B. W. Newman Sydney Government Printer 1929 Journal Article: Captain George Frederick Ainsworth, Queensland's Special Intelligence Bureau Chief, 1917 - 1919 Ainsworth, J. Captain George Frederick Ainsworth, Queensland's Special Intelligence Bureau Chief, 1917 - 1919 2000 Royal Historical Society of Queensland journal 17 5 193-212 Book Section: Ainsworth, George Frederick (1878 - 1950), public servant and businessman Gibbney, H. J. Ainsworth, George Frederick (1878 - 1950), public servant and businessman Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 21-2 Resource: B4717 PMF (Permanent Military Forces) and Army Militia Personnel dossiers, 1901-1973 CA 6, Department of Defence [I]; CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B4717 PMF (Permanent Military Forces) and Army Militia Personnel dossiers, 1901-1973 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book: The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914 Mawson, Douglas The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914 London J.B. Lippincott: Heinemann 1915 Book: Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Jensen, David Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Sydeny Allen and Unwin 2015