In 1911 a group of scientists and adventurers left Hobart under the leadership of Dr Douglas Mawson. They were bound for Macquarie Island and the then unknown parts of Antarctica. The scientists of the expedition produced information that later made an major contribution to knowledge of the region. The exploration of new lands established precedence to claims, formalised in 1936 as the Australian Antarctic Territory. Although James Francis (Frank) Hurley was the official photographer to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, other members of the expedition also took photographs.
F. Bickerton looking out over seas near Commonwealth Bay, circa 1912
Cavern carved by the sea in an ice wall near Commonwealth Bay, circa 1912
Wreck of the ‘Gratitude’, Macquarie Island, 1911
Mushroom ice formation, 1912
A radiant turret lit by the midsummer midnight sun, circa 1912
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