Papers [manuscript]. 1914-1917.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1914-1917.

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1. Eleven telegrams from Ernest Shackleton, mostly addressed to Mr C.J. Burchmore of Manly, NSW (bequeathed to Oswald-Sealy by Burchmore). 2. 2 page holograph letter to L. Tripp, Esq., of Wellington from E.H. Shackleton, 7 December 1916. 3. Photograph of James McIlroy, a doctor who participated in Shackleton's last expedition to the Antarctic. 4. Draft of World War One recruiting speech made by Shackleton in Martin Place, Sydney, April 1917. 5. 1 page holograph letter, n.d., from Shackleton to Admiral Creswell. 6. Postcard depicting the ship Endurance.

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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

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Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and part of two other Antarctic expeditions, acquired Polaris after her owner's financial trouble. Renamed Endurance after the Shackleton family motto Fortitudine vincimus (By Endurance we Conquer), she sailed intending to accomplish the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. She departed for her final voyage on December 15, 1914 but progress was slow, averaging about 30 miles per day through pack ice. A month later, w...

Oswald-Sealy, L. R.

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Born in Ireland, Oswald-Sealy was a friend of Sir Ernest Shackleton. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1914-1917. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829990 ...

Burchmore, C. J.

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Creswell, William, Sir, 1852-1933

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)

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Tripp, L.

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