Claiming of Adelie Land for the British, Monday, 1200, 5 January 1931
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CreatorHoward, William E.
InformationFurther information: The Winning of Australian Antarctica; Mawson's B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. voyages, 1929-31, based on the Mawson papers. By A. Grenfell Price. Published for the Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research, University of Adelaide. [Sydney] Angus and Robertson [1962]
See pages 115-116 "On the morning of the 5th, the wind having calmed down, a landing was made.... At noon on the 5th the flag was hoisted on a rocky point overlooking the bay. In a casket at the foot of the pole a proclamation was deposited, claiming formal possession of King George V Land, defined as that section of the Antarctic coast-line extending between the 142nd and 160th degree of east longitude. (and between lat. 66 degrees S. and the South Pole.)" Monday 5th January (1931). Off Cape Denison "At noon the Proclamation was read by Sir Douglas Mawson. Captain MacKenzie hoisted the flag and the land extending west to the 142 Meridian east was proclaimed for Great Britain under the name of King George V Land."Written on VersoThe claiming of Adeli (sic) Land for the British 1931Date5 January 1931Sourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/702140674/
InformationFurther information: The Winning of Australian Antarctica; Mawson's B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. voyages, 1929-31, based on the Mawson papers. By A. Grenfell Price. Published for the Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research, University of Adelaide. [Sydney] Angus and Robertson [1962]
See pages 115-116 "On the morning of the 5th, the wind having calmed down, a landing was made.... At noon on the 5th the flag was hoisted on a rocky point overlooking the bay. In a casket at the foot of the pole a proclamation was deposited, claiming formal possession of King George V Land, defined as that section of the Antarctic coast-line extending between the 142nd and 160th degree of east longitude. (and between lat. 66 degrees S. and the South Pole.)" Monday 5th January (1931). Off Cape Denison "At noon the Proclamation was read by Sir Douglas Mawson. Captain MacKenzie hoisted the flag and the land extending west to the 142 Meridian east was proclaimed for Great Britain under the name of King George V Land."Written on VersoThe claiming of Adeli (sic) Land for the British 1931Date5 January 1931Sourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/702140674/IdentifierA6590(iv)
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Howard, William E., Claiming of Adelie Land for the British, Monday, 1200, 5 January 1931 (5 January 1931), [A6590(iv)]. Living Histories, accessed 15/12/2025, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/54927