Brief description
A collection of 189 photographs taken by James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) as part of his duties as official photographer, covering expeditionary work on the Aurora Expedition. A Graflex camera was used and the photographs were taken on glass plate negatives (8 ½ by 6 ½ inches).Notes
Due to the large size and weight of the Graflex camera, Hurley used smaller format (including Stereoscopic) cameras particularly while sledging any distance from the Main Base, on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) led by Douglas Mawson. His AAE Whole Plate Collection was catalogued with the prefix 'W' for this grouping - to distinguish it from the BANZARE Whole Plate Collection ('WP')Data time period: 1912 to 1914
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Main Base environs (Cape Denison)
text: Antarctic
text: On board S.Y. Aurora (the AAE was a ship-based and multiple land-based venture)
text: Antarctica
Subjects
Antarctic Expeditions |
Antarctic regions |
Antarctic workers |
Antarctica |
Aurora Expedition |
Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) |
Exploration |
Explorers |
Glass plate negatives |
Graflex camera |
James Francis (Frank) Hurley |
Photographs |
Photography |
expeditions |
geography & travel |
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Identifiers
- Local : SAMA 20
