Beyond the heroic stereotype: Sidney Jeffryes and the mythologising of Australian Antarctic history
In 2010 the Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee announced that it had named a glacier near Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica in honour of Sidney Jeffryes. Jeffryes was a member of Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), 1911-14, and the decision to attach his name to a...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:133275 2023-05-15T13:55:18+02:00 Beyond the heroic stereotype: Sidney Jeffryes and the mythologising of Australian Antarctic history Leane, E Maddison, B Norris, K 2019 application/pdf http://australianhumanitiesreview.org/2019/05/27/beyond-the-heroic-stereotype-sidney-jeffryes-and-the-mythologising-of-australian-antarctic-history/ http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133275 en eng Australian National University http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133275/2/133275 - Beyond the heroic stereotype.pdf http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100402 Leane, E and Maddison, B and Norris, K, Beyond the heroic stereotype: Sidney Jeffryes and the mythologising of Australian Antarctic history, Australian Humanities Review, 64 pp. 1-23. ISSN 1325-8338 (2019) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133275 History and Archaeology Historical Studies Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftunivtasecite 2020-08-24T22:16:15Z In 2010 the Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee announced that it had named a glacier near Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica in honour of Sidney Jeffryes. Jeffryes was a member of Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), 1911-14, and the decision to attach his name to an Antarctic feature, coming just before the centenary of the AAEs departure, reflected a gradual historical revisionism around the expedition occurring at this time. Seeking to honour historically significant figures whose contributions [to the AAE] have not yet been recognised, the Committee also attached the names of two other previously ignored members of the expedition to glaciers (AG, Australian Antarctic Glaciers Named). In 2017 this approach was extended to include the non-human, when 26 islands, rocks and reefs around the site of the AAE headquarters were named in honour of the beloved dogs, which played a critical role in Australias heroic era of exploration (AG, Mawsons Huskies). After nearly a century of focus on the Great Man of Australian Antarctic historyMawsonthe criteria for significance were beginning to broaden. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Huskies eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic East Antarctica Commonwealth Bay ENVELOPE(142.500,142.500,-67.000,-67.000) |
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In 2010 the Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee announced that it had named a glacier near Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica in honour of Sidney Jeffryes. Jeffryes was a member of Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), 1911-14, and the decision to attach his name to an Antarctic feature, coming just before the centenary of the AAEs departure, reflected a gradual historical revisionism around the expedition occurring at this time. Seeking to honour historically significant figures whose contributions [to the AAE] have not yet been recognised, the Committee also attached the names of two other previously ignored members of the expedition to glaciers (AG, Australian Antarctic Glaciers Named). In 2017 this approach was extended to include the non-human, when 26 islands, rocks and reefs around the site of the AAE headquarters were named in honour of the beloved dogs, which played a critical role in Australias heroic era of exploration (AG, Mawsons Huskies). After nearly a century of focus on the Great Man of Australian Antarctic historyMawsonthe criteria for significance were beginning to broaden. |
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Beyond the heroic stereotype: Sidney Jeffryes and the mythologising of Australian Antarctic history |
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Beyond the heroic stereotype: Sidney Jeffryes and the mythologising of Australian Antarctic history |
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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133275/2/133275 - Beyond the heroic stereotype.pdf http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100402 Leane, E and Maddison, B and Norris, K, Beyond the heroic stereotype: Sidney Jeffryes and the mythologising of Australian Antarctic history, Australian Humanities Review, 64 pp. 1-23. ISSN 1325-8338 (2019) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/133275 |
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