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Selections

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Land parties

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Main Base

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Name Photograph Position Notes
Bob Bage Robert Bage Astronomer, assistant magnetician, recorder of tides
Frank Bickerton Frank Bickerton In charge of air-tractor sledge[1]
John Close John Close Assistant collector
Percy Correll Percy Correll Mechanic, assistant physicist
Walter Hannam Walter Hannam Wireless operator, mechanic
Alfred Hodgeman Alfred Hodgeman Cartographer, sketch artist
John Hunter John Hunter Biologist
Frank Hurley Frank Hurley Official photographer
Sidney Jeffryes Sidney Jeffryes Wireless operator
Charles Laseron Charles Laseron Taxidermist, biological collector
Cecil Madigan Cecil Madigan Meteorologist
Douglas Mawson Douglas Mawson Commander of the expedition
Archibald McLean Archibald McLean Chief medical officer, bacteriologist
Xavier Mertz Xavier Mertz In charge of Greenland Dogs
Herbert Murphy Herbert Murphy In charge of expedition stores
B. E. S. Ninnis B. E. S. Ninnis In charge of Greenland Dogs
Frank Stillwell Frank Stillwell Geologist
Eric Webb Eric Webb Chief magnetician
Leslie Whetter Leslie Whetter Surgeon[1] A graduate in medicine from the University of Otago,[2] Whetter was originally a member of the Third Base party.[3] He was part of two sledging parties: the Western Survey party, led by Madigan, and the Western party, led by Bickerton.[2][4] Mawson thought Whetter lazy, and described him as "not fit for a polar expedition".[3] He returned to Australia on Aurora's first 1913 voyage.

Western Base

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Name Photograph Position Notes
Charles Dovers Charles Dovers Cartographer
Charles Harrisson Charles Harrisson Biologist
Charles Hoadley Charles Hoadley Geologist
Sydney Jones Sydney Jones Medical officer
Alexander Kennedy Alexander Kennedy Magnetician
Morton Moyes Morton Moyes Meteorologist
Andrew Watson Andrew Watson Geologist
Frank Wild Frank Wild Leader, sledge-master

Macquarie Island

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Name Photograph Position Notes
George Ainsworth Leader, meteorologist
Leslie Blake Cartographer and geologist
Harold Hamilton Biologist
Charles Sandell Wireless operator and mechanic
Arthur Sawyer Wireless operator

Aboard the SY Aurora

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Officers

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Name Photograph Position Notes
John Blair Chief Officer, final Antarctic voyage
John King Davis Master of SY Aurora and second-in-command of the expedition
Frank Fletcher Chief officer, second Antarctic voyage and during the spring and winter sub-Antarctic voyages
F. J. Gillies Chief engineer
Percival Gray Second and navigating officer
Clarence Petersen de la Motte Third officer
Norman Toutcher Chief officer, first Antarctic voyage

Crew

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Others

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References

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Notes
Footnotes
  1. ^ a b Mawson (1996), p. 8
  2. ^ a b "The people: Leslie H. Whetter". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  3. ^ a b Riffenburgh (2009), p. 84
  4. ^ Riffenburgh (2009), p. 95
Bibliography
  • Ayres, Philip J. (1999), Mawson: a life, Carlton South, Victoria: Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, ISBN 9780522848113
  • Mawson, Douglas (1996) [1915], The home of the blizzard: the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, ISBN 9781862543775
  • Riffenburgh, Beau (2009) [2008], Racing with death: Douglas Mawson—Antarctic Explorer, London, New York and Berlin: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 9780747596714
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