Volume 9 1889-1919 Sinking a Small Fortune: Joseph Hatch and the Oiling Industry

• Main Authors: Joseph Hatch, From J. S. Cumpston, Macquarie Isl, After Joseph, Hatch Hobart
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.820; http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/fahan_mi_shipwrecks/journals/Sealers/sshatch9.pdf

Joseph Hatch quite literally sank a small fortune in the Macquarie Island oiling industry. He was the last of the Macquarie Island sealing bosses- and the only employer to invest in the long-term development of industry on Macquarie Island. Hatch was not afraid to flout regulations and made many enemies in his long career. He was a brilliant public speaker, and whenever he sensed that public opinion was against him, he would organise public meetings, which gave him the opportunity to sway the public to his point of view. An old man with the look of the sea in his eyes