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Mawson ice edge, © Australian Antarctic Division, 2006, Kingston Tasmania 7050. Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Australian who led a series of expeditions to Antarctica. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 1911-14 was an important scie...
It's one of a series of images held in the Mortlock Library of South Australiana (PRG 689/1). Image used with permission, State Library of South Australia. The image above is from an online exhibition 'Women and Politics in South Australia' curated by the...
Riversleigh, north-west Queensland, one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narracoote (SA) fo...
National Science Week is Australia's major annual science extravaganza. National Science Week is a partnership between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), ASF Limited, the Australian Science Teachers Association, and the Department of Innovati...
Sir William Bragg - Nobel Prize for physics, 1915. Bragg shared the prize with his son (also Sir William Bragg). Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Nobel Prize for medicine, 1960. ...
In the footsteps of Douglas Mawson (more info)
Douglas Mawson was a scientist, an explorer and an adventurer. As an explorer and adventurer his contribution to the understanding of the Antarctic continent is well known. This web site seeks to show Mawson's life - his adventures, his success in taking
He accompanied Shackleton's expedition of 1907-9, and in 1911 he organised and led the Australian Antarctic Expedition. After 25 days Mawson's remaining companion died and the dogs had been eaten, leaving him to trek the remaining 160-kilometre journey, ...
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Mawson ice edge, © Australian Antarctic Division, 2006, Kingston Tasmania 7050. Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Australian who led a series of expeditions to Antarctica. The Australian Antarctic Division leads Australia's Antarctic Program, wh...
Here you can click on one of three notebooks. an abbreviated life history of Sir Douglas. the Flinders Ranges) and Antarctica....
Mawson was a scientist, an explorer and an adventurer. legacy of Sir Douglas Mawson is two fold. inspirational quality of his life. ...
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) Scientific program at sea...
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Mawson was a scientist, an explorer and an adventurer. legacy of Sir Douglas Mawson is two fold. inspirational quality of his life. ...
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are many ways to explore this site. The British Empire, the British Commonwealth and Australian Federation. Antarctica, and what he discovered. ...
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On January 7 1913, Douglas Mawson stood alone as he looked over the blizzard-swept ice of Antarctica. Despite the lack of hope, Mawson did not wait to die. In December 1911, the 'Australasian Antarctic Expedition', led by Mawson departed Hobart aboard t...
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