| Bib ID |
398648 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Description |
1953-1959
14 cm. (1 box)
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| Summary |
1. Typescript diary extracts of the 1953-54 Heard Island expedition describing the establishment of the Australian base on the Antarctic continent at Mawson, 13 Jan-17 Mar. 1954, and an account of two attempts by John Bechervaise, Peter Shaw and Fred Elliott to climb the mountain Big Ben on Heard Island, 19 Aug.-18 Nov. 1953. Includes colour photocopies of photographs and maps. 2. Diaries of the 1955-56 Mawson expedition, 7 Jan. - 31 Dec. 1955 & 1 Jan.-6 Mar. 1956. 3. Diary of the 1958 Mawson expedition, 3 Jan. 1958- 28 Feb. 1959. 4. Scrapbook, 1954-59, containing newspaper cuttings on ANARE expeditions (particularly 1958) and Dr Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary's treks to the South Pole with the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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| Biography/History |
Fred Elliott was a weather observer with the Australian National Antarctic Research (ANARE) expeditions to Heard Island (1953), and Mawson base in Antarctica (1955 & 1958). Extracts from Fred Elliott's diaries have been published in the ANARE Club journal Aurora.
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| Notes |
Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 9442.
Photocopies (diaries)
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| Subjects |
Shaw, Peter. | Elliott, Fred - Archives. | Bechervaise, John - (John Mayston), - 1910-1998. | Heard Island (Heard and McDonald Islands) - Discovery and exploration. | Antarctica - Discovery and exploration - Australian.
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| Time Coverage |
1953-1959 |
| Occupation |
Antarctic expeditionists. |
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