Field photographs, 1911-1914.

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Field photographs, 1911-1914.

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Photographs showing field work of the Australasian-Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson, including views of the S.Y. AURORA, ice catacombs and ravines, travels with dog sleds, penguins, petrals, sea elephants, and seals. Photographs were taken by Charles Townsend and Sir Douglas Mawson. Copy photographs by Julius Kirchner. Photographs are identified.

20 photonegatives : b&w glass.16 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.1 transparency : b&w ; 35 mm.

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Townsend, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944

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Aurora (Ship)

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Built on the Hugli by Foreman 1789, 573 tons. Free trader of London in 1820, later lost between Canada and England. Voyages: (1) From Bengal 1801. Capt Mungo Gilmore. Kedgeree 5 Apr 1801 - 22 Jul St Augustine's Bay - 19 Sep St Helena - 24 Dec Deptford. (2) From China 1817. Capt Thomas Heaviside. Whampoa 21 Feb 1817 - 25 Mar Second Bar - 6 Jul St Helena - 2 Sep Blackwall. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000081.0x0...

Kirchner, Julius

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Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958

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Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Antarctic explorer and geologist. Member, Shackleton's expedition, 1907. Leader, Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Appointed Professor of Geology, Adelaide University, 1920. Leader, B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931. Married 1914 Francisca Adriana (Paquita) Delprat (1891-1974), author of A Vision of Steel (1958) and Mawson of the Antarctic (1964). From the description of Papers of Sir Douglas and Lady Paquita Mawson [manus...

Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-1914)

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The Expedition, led by Douglas Mawson, established bases at Macquarie, Cape Denison and the Shackleton Ice Shelf. It surveyed 1000 miles of coastline and explored the south magnetic polar area. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225787033 Members of the Expedition, led by Douglas Mawson, produced an unpublished magazine entitled 'Adelie Blizzard' From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia...