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Early explorers - Australia's Culture Portal

J. C. Armytage, Return of Burke and Wills to Coopers Creek, engraving, in Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, opp. Explorers set out to discover rivers and land suitable for agriculture as well as to survey the land. A major expedition usually produced a p...

Frank Hurley - Australia's Culture Portal

James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) is regarded as an extraordinary Australian photographer, adventurer, filmmaker and writer. Image courtesy National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an23478581. In 1911, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson hired Hurley...

Crossing the Great Dividing Range—surveying an ancient land - Australia's Culture Portal

Ernest Revell, Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, c. In March 1812, the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hove...

The Overland Telegraph - Australia's Culture Portal

Jack Laver, Bob Carew up a pole of the Overland Telegraph Line, 1921. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: b2100793. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 6793....

Aboriginal trackers - Australia's Culture Portal

With mounting evidence and stories circulating about their seemingly miraculous ability to find people, Aboriginal trackers' abilities became legendary in the minds of white Australians. Paul Raffaele, Aboriginal tracker Teddy Egan and son. The Australi...

Mapping Australia's Coastline - Australia's Culture Portal

- Plate I. 'General chart of Terra Australis or Australia, showing the parts explored between 1798 and 1803. Image courtesy of The State Library of South Australia. Indigenous Australian concepts of the world were 'based on another view of creation and on...

Afghan cameleers in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The introduction of camels and the so-called 'Afghan' cameleers proved to be a turning point in the exploration and development of the Australian interior. Image courtesy of the State Library of South Australia: B 14739. Image courtesy of the State Libra...

Australian lighthouses - Australia's Culture Portal

Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...

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Book - Australian explorers : a selection from their writings with an introduction - The Australian Women's Register   (website Australian Women's Archive Project )

An initiative of The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) in conjunction with The University of Melbourne Australian explorers : a selection from their writings with an introduction Oxford University Press, London ; New York, 1958, 503 pp...

90/816 Aircraft, full-size, helicopter, Bell 206B Jetranger III, "Dick Smith Australian Explorer", VH-DIK, Dick Smith, USA/Australia, 1982, S/N 3653 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> > Dick Smith Australian Explorer is a Bell 206B Jetranger III helicopter built in June 1982. > > Dick Smith departed on the first leg of his solo around the world helicopter flight attempt from Bell's helicopter plant at Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday,...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (1913-1916 Arctic)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

In the Arctic he developed his revolutionary ideas for polar travel. He was offered his first trip to the Arctic as cinematographer with the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913 led by Vilhjamur Stefansson. He walked thousands of miles over unexplored terr...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (Oct 99 - Hatton, North Dakota)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

Director of Photography Peter Falk and producer John Hipwell at the Eielson home in North Dakota. In 1928, having crashed and repaired both planes twice, Wilkins decided he needed a smaller, lighter plane, specifically a Lockheed Vega. The Lockheed Vega...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (Expedition Main Section)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

In 1999, our 4 person crew traveled to over 20 locations on 3 continents to film interviews with people who knew Sir Hubert, photograph artefacts and attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding this man. Join us on our searchby clicking the navigation link...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (Oct 99 - South Australia)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

The mysteries which surround the life of Sir Hubert Wilkins commence with his birth. However, the official records show that only 11 children were born to Harry and Louisa Wilkins and none of them are George Hubert Wilkins. The Searching for Sir Hubert ...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

George Hubert Wilkins was born on 31 October 1888 at Mount Bryan, South Australia, 100 miles north of Adelaide. When he learnt about the war, Wilkins went to France where he was appointed an official photographer with the Australian War Records Office. ...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (Oct 99 - Montrose, Pennsylvania)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

In 1939 unknown to Sir Hubert, Lady Wilkins bought a property known as Cope's Tract in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. Sir Hubert first saw the property in August of that year. The solitude of the property appealed to Sir Hubert he said, "Its loneline...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (1932-1939 Antarctic - Arctic)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

After his Arctic submarine expedition, which many people considered a failure because he did not reach the North Pole, Wilkins organised three expeditions to the Antarctic to assist American millionaire explorer, Lincoln Ellsworth become the first person ...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (Expedition Navigation Bar)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

September 1999Production Office October 1999Hatton, North Dakota October 1999NYC, New York ...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (Meet the HIPS team)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

This HIPS Team Pageis currently being modified. It will return soon. [ Expedition Updates ] [ Join the Search ] [ Meet the HIPS team ] [ Email Us ] [ Website Links ] Copyright © 2002 HIPS - Hipwell International Production Services ~ Last modified: July 2...

Sir Hubert Wilkins - Australian Pioneer Polar Explorer, Cinematographer, Aviator, and Humanitarian Environmentalist (1917-1918 Western Front)   (website Sir Hubert Wilkins )

Wilkins in World War One. Unarmed he led troops into battle and became the onlyofficial Australian photographer in any war to receive a combat decoration. When he learnt about the war, Wilkins went to France where he was appointed an official photographe...