Records

Each record focuses on a single item from the National Archives' collection. Some records contain extra information to help you interpret them.

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  Proclamation cylinder which held Douglas Mawson’s sovereignty claim over Antarctic territory

  A photograph of the copper cylinder container for Sir Douglas Mawson's proclamation of sovereignty rights over Antarctic territory, dated 18th February 1931.

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  Proclamation of sovereignty rights over Antarctic territory made by Douglas Mawson

  The BANZARE voyages (1929–30 and 1930–31) charted over 2000 miles of previously unexplored coastline. Bad weather and heavy pack ice made landfall difficult.

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  Radio masts at Main Base, Cape Denison, Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph of radio masts at the Main Base, Cape Denison, Antarctica from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition from 1911-14.

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  Reply to account of Australasian Antarctic Expedition – Governor-General Lord Denman to Douglas Mawson

  This was a radio message sent from Governor-General Lord Denman, a keen supporter of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, to Douglas Mawson in 1913.

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  Report on husky dogs at Mawson Station, Antarctica

  A report documenting details of dogs at Mawson Station.

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  Request for further funds for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition – letter to Prime Minister Joseph Cook

  This is a letter from Professor Edgeworth David to Prime Minister Cook, urging further funds to complete the Mawson expedition.

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  Scientist measuring the ozone on Macquarie Island

  This is a black-and-white photograph taken at Macquarie Island in Antarctica in 1978.

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  Scientist studies snow and ice crystals in Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph showing a man studying and photographing ice and snow crystals at Mawson station in Antarctica in 1966.

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  Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather – newsreel

  Newsreel entitled Scientists Go to Antarctica to Study Weather, from the Australian Diary documentary series.