Mawson : a life

Author(s)

• Ayres, Philip J.

Bibliographic Information

Mawson : a life

Philip Ayres

（Miegunyah Volumes, 2nd ser., no. 27）

Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-303) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A comprehensive biography of this tall, quiet figure. Ayres not only illuminates Mawson's many achievements but also enables us to know and understand him as a human being. The icon both converges and conflicts with the real man.

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Details

• NCID: BA60834463
• ISBN:
  • 0522848117
• LCCN: 00361025
• Country Code: at
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Carlton South, Vic.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 321 p., [50] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm.
• Classification:
  • LCC : G875.M33
  • DC21 : 910/.92
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
  • LCSH : Explorers -- Australia -- Biography
  • LCSH : Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
  • LCSH : Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Australian
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54031577