Biographical entry Moyes, Morton Henry (1887 - 1981)

Summary

Morton Henry Moyes was meteorologist to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14, a member of the British, Australian and New Zealand, Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31, and worked on cartography and echo-sounding.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Morton Henry Moyes - Records, 1911 - 1917, ML MSS 388; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office

• Morton Henry Moyes - Records, 1929 - 1950, MP 124/6, 150-1 and others; National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Morton Henry Moyes - Records, 1900 - 1960, TRC 334; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Private hands (Moyes, A.G.)

• Morton Henry Moyes - Records, 1886 - 1981; Private hands (Moyes, A.G.). Details

South Australian Museum Archives

• Morton Henry Moyes - Records, 1929 - 1930; South Australian Museum Archives. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Morton Henry Moyes - Records, 1911 - 1931; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Fairfax, Denis, 'Moyes, Morton Henry (1886-1981), Antarctic Explorer and Naval Officer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 602-604. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100589b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Moyes, Morton Henry', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468445. Details