Proclamation of Sovereignty of the Territory of King George V Land and its extensions ... ... [manuscript] / written by A. L. Kennedy and signed by Sir Douglas Mawson. 1931.

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Proclamation of Sovereignty of the Territory of King George V Land and its extensions ... ... [manuscript] / written by A. L. Kennedy and signed by Sir Douglas Mawson. 1931.

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Copy of the proclamation written on rag paper in copperplate by A. L. Kennedy, a physicist in Mawson's party, and signed by Sir Douglas Mawson. It declared that "the full sovereignty of the Territory of King George V Land and its extensions... vests in His Majesty King George the fifth, his heirs and successors forever" It was placed in food tins which had their ends removed and were welded together to form a cylinder. This cylinder was bound to a pipe and buried under a cairn.

1 p. (large fol. package).

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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...

Kennedy, A. L.

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