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 Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), 1911-14, and the decision to attach his name to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leane, E, Maddison, B, Norris, K
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Australian National University 2019
Subjects:
Australian Antarctic history and historiography
Australian Antarctic expedition
Sidney Jeffryes
Douglas Mawson
exploration history and memorialization
Antarctic
East Antarctica
Commonwealth Bay
Antarc*
Antarctica
Huskies
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45396/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45396/2/133275%20-%20Beyond%20the%20heroic%20stereotype.pdf
http://australianhumanitiesreview.org/2019/05/27/beyond-the-heroic-stereotype-sidney-jeffryes-and-the-mythologising-of-australian-antarctic-history/

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