Papers of the Mawson family, 1898-1997 [manuscript]. [1898-1997]

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Papers of the Mawson family, 1898-1997 [manuscript]. [1898-1997]

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MS Acc10.207 comprises papers collected by Gareth Thomas relating to the Mawson family. The majority of the papers in this collection comprise personal correspondence of Paquita Mawson (née Delprat), principally with her daughter Patricia, but also with her daughter Jessica, and with other members of her extended family. There is a small group of letters of Douglas Mawson to Patricia, 1925-1931. Other papers include a small number of undated black and white photographs depicting Antarctic exploration; a typescript draft of Paquita Mawson's biography of her father, Guillaume Daniel Delprat, published in 1958; a Deed of Agreement between the Broken Hill Proprietary Company and G.D. Delprat (1898); and architectural plans of a house for G.D. Delprat at Brighton, South Australia (1909) (6 boxes, 1 map folio).

2.0 m. (6 boxes) + 1 map folio.

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Mawson family.

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Sir Douglas Mawson was leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition from 1911-1914 and the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition from 1929-1931. He was Lecturer in Geology, University of Adelaide from 1905-1920 and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy from 1921-1952. In 1914, Mawson married Francisca Adriana (Paquita) Delprat, daughter of Henrietta and Guillaume Delprat, who was general manager of B.H.P. Steel from 1899-1921. They settled in Adelaide where they had ...

Broken Hill Proprietary Company

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Steel producer, colliery and shipping operator, incorporated in Victoria in 1885. From the description of Photographic negatives [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225794344 ...

Delprat, Paquita, 1891-

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Delprat, Guillaume Daniel, 1856-1937.

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Joined B.H.P. as assistant manager 1898, became general manager 1899 and resigned 1921. During changeover of the Company "from silver to steel", it was he who conceived the iron-and-steel project and establishment of the steel factories at Newcastle. He was awarded a C.B.E. in 1919. From the description of Family papers [manuscript]. 1819-1960. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225644672 ...

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...