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11 unusual facts about Douglas Mawson


Adrian Caesar

Caesar is the author of several books, including the prize-winning non-fiction novel The White based on the Antarctic exploration of Robert F. Scott and Douglas Mawson from 1911 to 1913.

Akademik Shokalskiy

In 2013 Akademik Shokalskiy was chartered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013-2014 to celebrate the centenary of the previous expedition under Douglas Mawson, and to repeat his scientific observations.

Brighton, South Australia

Brighton was the home of Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic Sir Douglas Mawson.

F. J. Gillies

The Gillies Islands, in the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica, were named after him by AAE Commander Douglas Mawson.

John H. Blair

The Blair Islands, in Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica, were named after him by AAE Commander Douglas Mawson.

Macquarie Island Station

The station was opened in 1911 by Douglas Mawson as his party established a base to relay radio messages from Antarctica to Hobart.

Mawson, Australian Capital Territory

The suburb was gazetted in 1966 and named after the Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson.

Mawsonite

It was named for Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958).

Mawsonites

The type species is Mawsonites spriggi, named after Douglas Mawson, and Reg Sprigg.

Percival Gray

Cape Gray, in King George V Land in Antarctica, was named after him by AAE Commander Douglas Mawson.

Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

Combined UK-Australia-NZ expedition led by Douglas Mawson; New Zealand members include RA Falla and RG Simmers.


Bowman Island

Discovered on January 28, 1931, by British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society.

Cook Ice Shelf

This indentation was called Cook Bay by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia in 1914.

Frank Wild

In 1911 he joined Douglas Mawson’s Aurora expedition and was in charge of the western base on the Shackleton Ice Shelf.

Way Archipelago

Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named the group for Sir Samuel Way, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide in 1911.