Macquarie Island Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Student activities
Task no. 1

Macquarie Island Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Analyse Sources relating to the survey of Macquarie Island as part of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Douglas Mawson. The expedition left Hobart on 2nd December 1911 and sighted Macquarie Island on 11th December 1911.
Explore the zoomable images of Sources 12 and 13: Leslie Blake’s relief map and geological sketch of Macquarie Island. Discuss the data presented in the maps, the elements of the maps and the mapping conventions used.
View contemporary images of the Macquarie Island World Heritage Area. Research the unique values that were promoted for its inclusion onto the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Diary, 2 December 1911-31 December 1912 p 44
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Hurley was the official photographer to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
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Exhibition of pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and other photographic studies by Frank Hurley
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The Expedition Hut at Macquarie Island
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Panorama looking south from Wireless Hill
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The head of Caroline Cove, Macquarie Island
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A baby sea-elephant alarmed, Macquarie Island
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King penguins at Lusitania Bay
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Victoria penguin & young
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Macquarie Island R.F. 1:40000
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Geological sketch of Macquarie Island
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Task no. 2

Macquarie Island World Heritage area
Download the resource and answer the questions about Macquarie Island World Heritage area.