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From the Australian government Antarctic History site: "On 13 February 1954, a party led by [Dr Phillip] Law raised the Australian flag on the rocky shore of Horseshoe Harbour, naming the new station in honour of Australia's greatest polar explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson."

After the first year in cramped quarters, several buildings were added and the base was established.

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