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brith
Doyglas Mawson is born in Shipley,West Yorkshire, England.He is the second son of Robert and Margaret Mawson. -
moving
The Mawson family migrates from England to Rooty Hill, near Sydeny in New South Wlaes, where his father grows fruit trees, raises pigs and starts a fruit-canning factory -
Moving Agin
After the fruit-canning factory fails Mawson Family moves to Glebe, Sydeny -
learning
Having completed his schooling at Fort Street Model school, Douglas begins studyings geology and mining engineering at the university of Sydeny