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Whaling
Whaling and sealing almost put the elephant seal out off the world. -
Antarctica Visted
The famous Ernest Shackletown visited Antarctica with John King Davis, and Douglas Mawson. Mawson was the first person to climb Mount Erebus and reach the south magnetic pole. -
Mawson returned
Mawson returned to Antarctica with the Australasian -
Shackletown Returns
Shackletown returned to attempt the first crossing of the continent with a ship. -
Aircraft over Antarctica
Australia pilot George wilkins became the first to explore the continent in a plane. -
Australian and Antarctic coastline mapped
Mawson used new technology to to map Australian and Antarctic coastline. -
Antarctica Bases
Australia opened its first permanent base in Antarctica -
Davis Station Opened
The new davis station in Antarctica was open in a large ice free area. -
Law Base was opened
The base was opened in the name of Philip law who had been in chargeof Australias Anantarictic programmed from 1949 to 1966 -
Casey station was Built
Casey station was built in 1969 -
Australiaian and New Zealanders reach South Pole
The Australians with the company of the New Zealanders reached the South Pole on foot as memebers of the icetrek expedition