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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2022-12-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001544b.htm person Blake Leslie Russell AACR2 28 October 1890 3 October 1918 Place of Birth Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Place of Death France Antarctic explorer Geologist Sir Leslie Blake was a Geologist and Cartographer who went on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914. He was involved in a survey of Macquarie Island, the harvesting of penguins for oil and the collection of geological specimens. Blake was one of the five who stayed another year at Macquarie Island (1915). To attend the expedition he had to obtain leave from his employer the Geological Survey Department of Brisbane. Blake was killed in France just before the Armistice. 1907 Career position - Cadet, Geological Survey Office, Queensland 1911 1914 Career position - Cartographer and Geologist for Macquarie Island team, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1914 1918 Career position - Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey Office, Queensland 1915 1918 Military service - First World War. Captain [2nd Lieutenant], 5th Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Cartographer and geologist, Macquarie Island Station 1911 - 1914

 Blake, Leslie Russell (1890-1918)

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 'Blake, Leslie Russell', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Blake, Leslie Russell Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: The influence of L. R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographical mapping of Macquarie Island Dartnall, H. J. G.; Ward, N.; Selkirk, P. M.; Adamson, D. A.; and Pharaoh, M. The influence of L. R. Blake, pioneering sub-Antarctic geographer and geologist, on the topographical mapping of Macquarie Island 2001 Polar Record 37 201 143-50 Journal Article: Leslie Russell Blake: orphan, geologist, Macquarie Island expeditioner and decorated artillery officer at Mouquet Farm Bateman, Roger; and Nunn, Elizabeth Leslie Russell Blake: orphan, geologist, Macquarie Island expeditioner and decorated artillery officer at Mouquet Farm 2018 Newsletter, Earth Sciences History Group 45 1-9 Journal Article: Antarctic vignettes VI: Leslie Russell Blake - Mawson's forgotten geologist Dartnall, Herbert J. G. Antarctic vignettes VI: Leslie Russell Blake - Mawson's forgotten geologist 2012 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 146 57-62 Book: Lost in the Mists: Leslie Russel Blake, Mawson's Cartographer and Hero of Pozière Dartnall, Herbert J. G. Lost in the Mists: Leslie Russel Blake, Mawson's Cartographer and Hero of Pozière Melbourne Australian Scholarly Publishing 2014 Book: Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Jensen, David Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Sydeny Allen and Unwin 2015 Leslie Russell Blake - Records South Australian Museum Archives Leslie Russell Blake - Records 15DM, 105AAE 1911 - 1915 "Geology of Macquarie Island" AAE report Series A, Volume IV c1912 [Series 15DM]. Journal of geological work 1912-13 [1 volume, Series 105AAE]. Survey of Macquarie Island 1912-13 including observational data, soundings and stellar observations [1 notebook, Series 107AAE]. Extract from diary 1912 [Series 115AAE]. Personal diary 1911-12 [2 volumes, Series 140AAE]. Correspondence with D. Mawson c1914-42 [Series 161AAE and 175AAE]. 6 volumes Leslie Russell Blake - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Leslie Russell Blake - Records MS 9551/74 1911 - 1914 Diary kept during the Australian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-14 [MS 9551/74]. 1 volume