• Title
  Sub-fonds 1: Australasian Antarctic Expedition records, 1 December 1910 - 1 December 1915, together with related and miscellaneous papers, 1874-1934, and including manuscripts of the published scientific reports with related papers, 1911-1947
• Call number
  MLMSS 171
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  1910-1947
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  421337
• Issue Copy
  Photocopy : Draft GUIDE (76pp.) to the complete collection at MLMSS 171/2-117, and including an INDEX to Correspondents (22pp.) for the following 17 volumes: MLMSS 171/2-9, 11X, 14-18, 20, 64 and 66.
  Photocopy : INDEX (5pp.) to selected correspondents in the Capt. John King Davis volumes at MLMSS 171/23X-24 (microfilms CY 4771-4772).
  Microfilm : Correspondence & papers, Dec. 1910 - Nov. 1912).
  Microfilm : Correspondence & papers, May 1911 - Jan. 1914, with related papers, 1902-1907).
  Microfilm : Correspondence & papers, June 1911 - Jan. 1914).
  Microfilm : 'Sundry Papers', 1911-1914).
  Microfilm : Capt. John King Davis papers, 1908-1913: A - K).
  Microfilm : Capt. John King Davis papers, 1908-1913: L - Z).
  Microfilm : Logbook, Dec. 1911 - Feb. 1917, kept by Capt. John King Davis on board the S.Y. Aurora).
  Microfilm : Messages transmitted from Macquarie Island Station, 1912-1913, and from Main Base, Antarctica, Feb.- Nov. 1913).
  
• Physical Description
  117 containers comprising - 71 volumes, 22 boxes, 12 folders, 12 portfolios - 6 Meters :
  Textual Records
  Textual Records - (printed)
  
• Scope and Content
  This extensive collection includes correspondence, logbooks, meteorological records, maps, radio messages, and manuscripts of scientific reports.
  
  Maps within this collection are catalogued separately at M ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 171.
• General note
  
  A Guide and Index to selected correspondents, compiled in the Mitchell Library, is available at MLMSS 171/1. A more detailed guide (622pp.) to volumes 2-18 (mainly Australian & London Office correspondence & papers, 1910-1914), compiled by Dianne Myers, 1996, is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room.
  
  Some parts of this collection are available on microfilm.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823875
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962
  Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
  
• Subject
  Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--20th century.
  
• Place
  Antarctica.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1005495

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