• Title
  Item 02 : Material extracted from inside cover of Charles Turnbull Harrisson expedition diary, 1912
• Creator
  Chas T. (Charles Turnbull) Harrisson, 1867-1914
• Call number
  MLMSS 386/Item 2
  
• Level of description
  item
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  976745
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  C.T. Harrisson, born in Hobart, Tasmania joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition at 43 years of age. He was stationed with the Western Base (Queen Mary Land) he acted as biologist and artist, accompanying F. Wild on his main eastern journey and several other sledging parties.
  
  Reference:
  The home of the blizzard / by Sir Douglas Mawson. London : W. Heinemann, 1915 (p.285)
• Scope and Content
  Includes 'rough sketch plan showing locality of second base', 1912 and 'rough sketch plan of second base', 1912. Only 2 pages.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 992007
• Subject
  Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--20th century.
  
• Place
  Antarctica.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE466013

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