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Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson was an Antarctic explorer from Australia. He authored the book The Home of the Blizzard, which told of his adventures.

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What is Douglas mawson's wifes name?

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Sir Douglas's Wife's name is Paquita Delprat

What is Douglas mawsons middle name?

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There is no record of Douglas Mawson's middle name.

Though Mawsons mother's name was Margaret Ann Moore and his father's name was Robert Ellis Mawson.

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How many expeditions did Douglas Mawson go on?

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Douglas Mawson went on four expeditions to Antarctica.

On the first occasion, he was part of Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition. Together with Australian geologists Professor Edgeworth David and naval surgeon Alistair Mackay, Mawson was the first to reach the magnetic South Pole on 16 January 1909.

On his second exploration, leading the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Mawson, on the boat Aurora departed from Hobart on 2 December 1911. He reached Commonwealth Bay on the Antarctic continent on 7 January 1912. He returned in 1914.

Mawson undertook two more explorations in Antarctica; one in 1929 and the last in 1931, leading the first and second British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expeditions (BANZARE).

Where did Douglas mawson live in Australia?

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he was near Sydney and moved to Adelaide after he graduated from uni

What food did Douglas mawson take to antarctica?

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he ate his own body and he ate the dogs and canned food ?

What branch of science does Douglas Mawson fit into?

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Geology. Sir Douglas Mawson [May 5, 1882-October 14, 1958] was an Australian who was trained as a geologist, and who explored Antarctica.

Why did people think Amelia Earhart was brave?

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Because she did many things women had never done before. Flying alone across a vast ocean is scary even these days - back then it would have terrified most pilots.

Was anything named after Douglas Mawson and his crew in Antarctica?

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Mawson Peak is the highest mountain in any Australian territory. It lies on Heard Island, one of Australia's territories, in the Southern Ocean, but not specifically in Antarctica.

What university did sir Douglas Mawson go to?

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He went to the University of Sydney in 1899-1901, where he studied mining engineering and graduated B.E. in 1902

What was Douglas Mawson's wife's name?

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His wife's name was Lady Fransisca Adriana Delprat and they married on the 31st of March, 1914.

What was sir Douglas mawson's first expedition?

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His first expedition to Antarctica was with Ernest Shackletons Nimrod Expedition of 1907.

Who is in Sir Douglas Mawson's family?

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Mawson's mother was Margeret Ann Moore

Maswon's father was Robert Ellis Mawson

Mawson's wife was Francisca Paquita Delprat

Is the Australian One Hundred Dollar note showing Sir Ian Douglas Mawson legal tender?

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All earlier Australian decimal banknotes remain legal tender in Australia even though they are no longer in circulation.

You may have problems getting a shopkeeper of tradesman to accept an old banknote though.

The Reserve Bank of Australia advises that old Australian banknotes can be presented at the Reserve Bank of Australia and most banks and exchanged for an equivalent value current Australian banknote.

Who knighted Sir Douglas Mawson?

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Sir Douglas Mawson was knighted by King Edward VII of England in 1914.

How did Australia remember Douglas Mawson when he died?

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Because he was knighted and became a sir