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Douglas Mawson was the first Australian to reach Antarctica, doing so in 1912.
He was originally offered a place on Robert Scott's Terra Nova expedition but turned it down to lead the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, sailing on the "Aurora".
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