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Sir Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson was a colossus of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration who carried the banner of scientific research…
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Sir Hans Heysen, OBE
Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 8th October 1877, the son of Louis Heinrich Wilhelm…
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Walter Gill
When Walter Gill retired in 1923 after thirty-three years as South Australia’s third Conservator of Forests, he encapsulated his life…
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William Christie Gosse
Thirty-year-old widower William Christie Gosse was employed at the South Australian Survey Office when he was sent, in 1873, by…