Person
Swan, Robert Arthur
- Occupation
- Writer
Summary
Robert Arthur Swan is a writer who has written about the Antarctic.
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Published resources
Books
- Swan, R. A., Australia in the Antarctic (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1961). Details
Book Sections
- Swan, R. A., 'Neumayer, Georg Balthasar von (1826-1909), scientist, magnetician, hydrographer, oceanographer and meteorologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 329-331. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/neumayer-georg-balthasar-von-4290. Details
- Swan, R. A., 'Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864-1934), Antarctic explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), p. 348. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/borchgrevink-carsten-egeberg-5294. Details
- Swan, R. A., 'Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876-1942), scientist and Antarctic explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 275-276. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bernacchi-louis-charles-5219. Details
- Swan, R. A., 'Wilkins, Sir George Hubert (1888-1958), war correspondent and photographer, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist and aviator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 488-490. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilkins-sir-george-hubert-9099. Details
Journal Articles
- Swan, R. A., 'The First Australian Scientist to Work and Winter on the Antarctic Continent', Victorian Historical Magazine, 33 (1963), 379-398. Details
Resources
- 'Swan, Robert A (1917-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-633746. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 16 September 2004