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Antarctica and Sir Douglas Mawson - Australia's Culture Portal

Mawson ice edge, &copy 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...

Online exhibitions - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Australia's fossil past - Australia's Culture Portal

This includes Pleistocene era Aboriginal body fossils, many of which were removed and sent overseas. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narrac...

Frank Hurley - Australia's Culture Portal

James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) is regarded as an extraordinary Australian photographer, adventurer, filmmaker and writer. Image courtesy National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an23478581. In 1911, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson hired Hurley...

National Science Week - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Science in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

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. ...

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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

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H8144 Sledge, full size, timber, used on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson, 1911-1914, made by L. Hagen & Co., Kirkegaden 19, Christiania, Norway, 1911 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> > This sledge is one of twenty Norwegian sledges ordered by Mawson in mid-1911 while in England organising the supply equipment for the expedition. In all the Norwegian order comprised nine 12 foot (3.66 m) sledges, nine 11 foot (3.35 m) sledges and tw...

98/55/1-1 Harness, cotton / rope / wood, made and used by Charles Francis Laseron during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Australia / Antarctica, 1911-1913 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

This harness was made and used by Charles Francis Laseron (1887-1959) during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. This object was used by Charles Francis Laseron from 1911-1913 during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarc...

H8144 Sledge, full size, timber, used on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson, 1911-1914, made by L. Hagen & Co., Kirkegaden 19, Christiania, Norway, 1911 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> > This sledge is one of twenty Norwegian sledges ordered by Mawson in mid-1911 while in England organising the supply equipment for the expedition. In all the Norwegian order comprised nine 12 foot (3.66 m) sledges, nine 11 foot (3.35 m) sledges and tw...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=257629&search=spike&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=55597&search=spike&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=62356&search=spike&site_id=3 > 86/3157 Tooth Collection: Block Spike, iron h...

H8144 Sledge, full size, timber, used on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson, 1911-1914, made by L. Hagen & Co., Kirkegaden 19, Christiania, Norway, 1911 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> > This sledge is one of twenty Norwegian sledges ordered by Mawson in mid-1911 while in England organising the supply equipment for the expedition. In all the Norwegian order comprised nine 12 foot (3.66 m) sledges, nine 11 foot (3.35 m) sledges and tw...

H8144 Sledge, full size, timber, used on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson, 1911-1914, made by L. Hagen & Co., Kirkegaden 19, Christiania, Norway, 1911 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> > This sledge is one of twenty Norwegian sledges ordered by Mawson in mid-1911 while in England organising the supply equipment for the expedition. In all the Norwegian order comprised nine 12 foot (3.66 m) sledges, nine 11 foot (3.35 m) sledges and tw...

H9550 Protective clothing, mens, comprising sun goggles, balaclava and snow hood, various makers, England, worn by Morton Henry Moyes during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Antarctica, 1911-1914 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

These objects were used by Morton Henry Moyes whilst working as a meteorologist for Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), Antarctica, 1911-1914. These objects were worn by Morton Henry Moyes whilst working as a meteorologist for Si...

Preservation in a Polar Climate: The Conservation of Sir Douglas Mawson,Äôs Huts, Antarctica   (website Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) )

AICCM Home > Publications > AICCM Bulletin > 1988 ICCM Bulletin Volume 14, No. The huts of Sir Douglas Mawson, Commonwealth Bay, are Australia's only Antartic site, dating from the "heroic age" of polar exploration, and specifically from 1911-1914. Desc...

98/55/1 Protective work clothing, comprising harness, belt, overalls and hood, metal / cotton canvas / rope, maker unknown, 1900-1911, used by Charles Francis Laseron during Sir Douglas Mawson's Austalasian Antarctic Expedition, Australia, 1911-1914 - Pow   (website Powerhouse Museum )

This collection of protective work clothing was used by Charles Francis Laseron (1887-1959) during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. This set of protective work clothing was used by Charles Francis Laseron from 1911-1913 ...

Preservation in a Polar Climate: The Conservation of Sir Douglas Mawson,Äôs Huts, Antarctica   (website Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) )

AICCM Home > Publications > AICCM Bulletin > 1988 ICCM Bulletin Volume 14, No. The huts of Sir Douglas Mawson, Commonwealth Bay, are Australia's only Antartic site, dating from the "heroic age" of polar exploration, and specifically from 1911-1914. Desc...

Antarctica and Sir Douglas Mawson - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

Mawson ice edge, &copy 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...

Australian War Memorial - Forging the Nation - Sir Douglas Mawson   (website Australian War Memorial (AWM) )

Douglas Mawson was born in England and came to Australia as a youngster. He accompanied Shackleton's expedition of 1907-9, and in 1911 he organised and led the Australian Antarctic Expedition. He subsequently led the British Australian New Zealand Antar...

98/55/1-4 Overalls, cotton, maker unknown, worn by Charles Francis Laseron during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Australia / Antarctica, 1911-1913 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

These overalls were worn by Charles Francis Laseron (1887-1959) during Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. In 1911 Laseron was given leave from the Museum to join the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, directed...