Mawson, Douglas (1882–1958)
| Australian explorer who reached the magnetic South Pole on Shackleton's expedition of 1907–09. Knighted 1914. |
| Mawson led Antarctic expeditions 1911–14 and 1929–31. Australia's first permanent Antarctic base was named after him. He was professor of mineralogy at the University of Adelaide 1920–53. |
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