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Biographical entry Murphy, Herbert Dyce (1879 - 1971)
- Born
- 18 October 1879
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 July 1971
Mornington, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Antarctic explorer
- Alternative Names
- Dyce-Murphy, Herbert
Summary
Herbert Dyce Murphy was an Antarctic explorer on the Mawson Expedition of 1911 to 1914. During the expedition he was one of the team's dog handlers, in charge of stores and was in command of the southern supporting party during 1912 and of winter quarters during Mawson's absence. But this was not all Murphy did. He studied in England, sailed the Arctic on a Norwegian whaling vessel, worked for military intelligence posing as a woman, travelled to Antarctica with the Mawson expedition, spent a year with army intelligence during World War I, worked as an orchardist and sheep farmer, and spent for three months of each year from 1920 to1965 working as an ice-master to a Norwegian whaling fleet in Antarctica where he was responsible for handling the mother-ship in the ice. The book Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer: The Life of Herbert Dyce Murphy gives a good insight into this man's extraordinary achievements and life.
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Events
- 1900
- Education - Matriculated from Brasenose College, Oxford
- 1911 - 1914
- Career position - Went to Antarctica with the Mawson expedition
- 1920 - 1965
- Career position - Ice-Master to the Norwegian whaling fleet in Antarctica
- 1926 - 1936
- Career position - Mornington shire councillor (Victoria)
- 1932 - 1933
- Career position - President of the Mornington shire council
Published resources
Books
- Rossiter, Heather, Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer: the Life of Herbert Dyce Murphy, Random House Australia, Melbourne, 2001, 415 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Murray-Smith, S., 'Murphy, Herbert Dyce (1879-1971)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 637-938. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100622b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Murphy, Herbert Dyce', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468928. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 4 February 2010