Presidents of the BAA New South Wales Branch

The New South Wales branch of the BAA was founded in 1894. It thrived for over a century within the BAA, before becoming the Sydney City Skywatchers around 2004.

Where applicable, you can access more information by clicking on the surname.

From To Title Given Name Family Name
1894 1896 John Tebbutt
1896 1898 George Handley Knibbs
1898 1900 Rev Thomas Roseby
1900 1902 Walter Frederick Gale
1902 1904 William John MacDonnell
1904 1906 George Denton Hirst
1906 1907 Charles J Merfield
1907 1909 Hugh Wright
1909 1911 James Nangle
1911 1914 Rev Thomas Roseby
1914 1923 Walter Frederick Gale
1923 1925 Father Edward Francis Pigot
1925 1927 J J Richardson
1927 1929 Walter Frederick Gale
1929 1930 James Nangle
1930 1933 Walter Frederick Gale
1933 1935 Rev William O’Leary
1935 1936 Walter Frederick Gale
1936 1937 Alan Patrick Mackerras
1937 1939 Walter Frederick Gale
1939 1940 Henry Herbert Baker
1940 1942 Dr Harley Weston Wood
1942 1943 Walter Frederick Gale
1943 1945 Alan Patrick Mackerras
1945 1946 Horace Edgar Frank Pinnock
1946 1947 Alan Patrick Mackerras
1947 1950 William Humphrey Robertson
1950 1951 Dr Desmond Coleman-Trainor
1951 1954 Alan Patrick Mackerras
1954 1956 Dr Harley Weston Wood
1956 1958 Rev Thomas Noël Burke-Gaffney
1958 1960 William Kemp Robertson
1960 1962 Frederick John Bannister
1962 1964 Alan Patrick Mackerras
1964 1966 William Humphrey Robertson
1966 1968 Noel James Halsey Bissaker
1968 1971 William Swanston
1971 1974 W E Moser
1974 1976 Ken P Sims
1976 1978 Roger Hartley Giller
1978 1979 Thomas Leslie Morgan
1979 1981 Frank N Traynor
1981 1982 Sydney Jesty Elwin
1982 1984 Frank N Traynor
1984 1986 John N S Jackson
1986 1988 Colin Bembrick
1988 1990 D Alan Yates
1990 1994 George Smith
1995 1996 Monty Leventhal
1996 1998 Ralph Buttigieg
1998 2000 Michael Chapman
2000 2001 Dr Wayne Orchiston
2001 2004 Elizabeth Budek

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