ANARE and Nat Map Surveyors and other Nat Mappers on Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and other Sub-Antarctic surveys 1948-1987
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1948 |
surveyor Bob Dovers and assistant surveyor George Compton wintered on Heard Island |
1949 |
summer surveyor Bob Dovers at Macquarie Island |
1954 |
Bob Dovers wintered at Mawson and was officer-in-charge |
1955 |
Bob Lacey wintered at Mawson |
1956 |
Syd Kirkby wintered at Mawson |
1957 |
Morris Fisher wintered at Mawson |
1958 |
Graham Knuckey wintered at Mawson |
1957 |
(December) Joe Lines at Macquarie Island for 3-day reconnaissance during relief period |
1958 |
(December) Joe Lines, Malcom Nicholas and Joe Slama at Macquarie Island for Tellurometer traverse |
1959 |
Chris Armstrong wintered at Mawson |
1959-60 |
summer surveyor Dave Cook (helicopter supported) |
1960 |
Syd Kirkby wintered at Mawson |
1960-61 |
summer survey party Tom Gale and David Carstens for hydrographic work on MV Thala Dan; and Dave Cook (helicopter supported) |
1961-62 |
Tom Gale was ANARE hydrographer on MV Thala Dan |
1961-62 |
summer surveyor Syd Kirkby |
1962 |
(January-February) Bob Goldsworthy at Mawson for Tellurometer work |
1962 |
David Carstens wintered at Mawson - his various reports here |
1962-63 |
summer surveyor Syd Kirkby |
1964 |
John Farley wintered at Mawson and Keith Budnick wintered at Wilkes |
1964 |
summer Keith Budnick at Macquarie Island |
1964-65 |
summer survey party Syd Kirkby, John Farley, Rod Maruff and Max Corry |
1965 |
Max Corry wintered at Mawson - his various reports here |
1966 |
John Quinert wintered at Mawson |
1967 |
John Manning wintered at Mawson - his various reports here |
1967-68 |
summer survey party Max Rubeli, Max Corry, John Manning |
1968 |
Max Rubeli wintered at Mawson; the last time a Nat Map surveyor wintered at Mawson for mapping surveys; surveyor George Hamm officer-in-charge Mawson; Max Corry led wintering glaciology party on Amery Ice Shelf directly for Australian Antarctic Division |
1968-69 |
summer survey party John Manning, Max Rubeli and Jeff Fox |
1969-70 |
summer survey party Max Rubeli, Chris Hutchison and Ed Burke |
1970-71 |
summer survey party John Manning, Norm Edwards and John Ely |
1971-72 |
summer survey party John Manning, Ed Burke, Mick Skinner and Andrew Greenall. |
1972 |
John Manning stopover at Macquarie Island |
1972-73 |
summer survey party John Manning, Simon Cowling and Reg Helmore |
1973 |
David Bruce wintered at Casey |
1973 |
John Manning stopover at Macquarie Island |
1973-74 |
summer survey party John Manning, Andrew Turk, Terry Mulholland and Geoff Wood |
1974-75 |
summer survey party Rom Vassil, Oz Ertok, Bob Goldsworthy, Steve Bennett and Mick Morgan |
1974-75 |
summer survey party John Manning at Macquarie Island |
1975 |
Martin Kros wintered at Casey |
1975-76 |
summer survey party John Manning, Carl McMaster, Oz Ertok, Mick Morgan and Andrew Greenall |
1976 |
John Manning stopover at Macquarie Island |
1976-77 |
Bruce O’Connor at Macquarie Island as was Andrew Greenall for short period |
1978 |
Peter Quinn wintered at Casey |
1978-79 |
summer survey party Peter Quinn, John Sutton and Peter O’Donnell; Brian Murphy worked in the Vestfold Hills and at Davis - zipped PDF format report downloads from https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=2238 |
1979 |
John Sutton wintered at Casey - zipped PDF format report downloads from https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3722 |
1979-80 |
summer survey party Drew Clarke and Barry Sloane operated from Mt King base under project leader Syd Kirkby |
1980 |
Con Veenstra led an expedition to Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. Other Nat Mappers on the expedition were Barry Obst, John Manning, Rod Streeter, Ted Graham, Ken Brown, Jack Pittar, and Mick Spellacy. There were also 4 personnel from ANARE and 2 people from BMR as well as Captain Gordon Maxwell and the crew of the MV Cape Pillar and helicopter pilot Des Ross and helicopter engineer Roy Rayner. |
1980 |
John Corcoran wintered at Casey and Syd Kirkby was officer‑in-charge at Mawson (departed November 1979 returned March 1981) |
1981 |
Wayne Petschack wintered at Casey - zipped PDF format report downloads from href="https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3719 |
1981-82 |
summer survey party Drew Clarke and Barry Wright; Paul McCormack undertook a geophysical voyage on MV Nella Dan |
1982 |
Bob Goldsworthy wintered at Casey - zipped PDF format report downloads from https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3720 |
1983 |
Peter James wintered at Casey - zipped PDF format report downloads from https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3725 |
1984 |
Oz Ertok wintered at Mawson for Australian Antarctic Division and Jim Clarke wintered at Casey |
1984-85 |
Peter Kaczerepa and Reg Sheridan summer season in Vestfold Hills from Davis (see also 1985-86 summer season below) |
1985 |
(March) Brian Murphy worked from Shackleton Ice Shelf |
1985 |
Graeme Lawrence wintered at Casey - zipped PDF format report downloads from https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3719 |
1985-86 |
Eric MacGibbon and Reg Sheridan summer season in Vestfold Hills from Davis - PDF format report for 1984-85 and 1985-86 by Murphy, Kaczerepa, Sheridan & MacGibbon |
1986 |
(January-March) Brian Murphy, John Corcoran and Tiernan MacNamara in the Bunger Hills - zipped PDF format report downloads from https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3059 |
1986 |
Malcolm Parnell wintered at Casey |
1986 |
Oz Ertok wintered at Macquarie Island with Antarctic Division |
1987 |
Eric MacGibbon wintered at Casey |
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Prepared by Laurie McLean in May 2018 and updated in July 2018 and February 2020 with additional information kindly provided by Max Corry (2018) and Brian Murphy (2020). |
Further Reading
Operational papers, reports and recollections by year
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) already holds a number of other survey reports, many by Natmappers, these reports may be viewed via this link.
ANARE Expeditioners 1948-1997
A draft list of wintering expeditioners that was prepared for the ANARE Jubilee in 1997 is available from this link: http://antarctica.kulgun.net/History/anare_expeditioners.shtml
ANARE Winterers
Max Corry’s 25 November 1991 document prepared for the ANARE Library is part of Barret, Evelyn; Bain, Gordon; Corry, Max; Rushton, Annie; and Watt, G (2010), ANARE History and Timeline Documents, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre website at: http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.cfm?file_id=3002
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: MV Thala Dan 1957-58 to 1981-82, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=108
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: MS Nella Dan 1961-62 to 1987-88, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=76
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: MV Magga Dan 1958-59 to 1960-61, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=64
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: LST 3501 (later HMAS Labuan) 1947-48 to 1950-51, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=63
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: HMAS Wyatt Earp 1947-48, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=122
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: MV Cape Pillar 1979-1980 to 1981-82, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=165
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (undated), Transport Details: MV Kista Dan 1953-54 to 1956-57, accessed from Australian Antarctic Data Centre at: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/display_transport.cfm?transport_id=55