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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  Huskies pulling a sled in Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph of ten husky dogs pulling a sled across snow in Antarctica.

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  International scientific cooperation in Antarctica – Australia's view

  This is a secret cablegram from the Department of External Affairs to the Australian Embassy in Washington.

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  King George V's commission to Sir Douglas Mawson to claim land in Antarctica

  Copy of the King's commission to Sir Douglas Mawson regarding land in Antarctica.

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  List of subjects for the Antarctic Treaty Conference

  This is a cablegram from the Australian Embassy in Washington regarding a meeting in 1959 prior to the Conference on Antarctica.

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  Map showing 'Australian sector' of Antarctica

  This is a map and related newspaper article, regarding the 'Australian sector' of Antarctica.

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  Mawson Station changeover, Antarctica

  This is a video about the 'changeover' — the process of relieving an over-wintering party at an Australian Antarctic station.

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  Naming of Mawson station

  A telegram sent in 1954 from Minister for External Affairs, Richard Casey to Sir Douglas Mawson. It reveals plans to name a new station in Antarctica 'Mawson'.

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  Notes on biology near Mawson and Davis Stations, Antarctica

  This is page one of a 15-page report detailing wildlife observations from the Mawson and Davis stations in Antarctica, 1961.

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  Physicists Lodewick and Oldham in Antarctica

  This is a black-and-white photograph of physicists Lodewick and Oldham taken in Antarctica in 1955.