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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1995-06-29 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2023-08-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002232b.htm person Kennedy Alexander Lorimer AACR2 23 April 1889 1972 Place of Birth Woodside, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Magnetic observer Antarctic explorer Alexander Kennedy was still a student at the University of Adelaide when he joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under the leadership of Douglas Mawson. He filled the role of magnetician at the Western Base (Queen Mary Land) until February 1913. After serving with the Australian Imperial Force during WWI he was employed at the Adelaide and Mount Stromlo Observatories and as a mining engineer. Kennedy's contribution to Antarctic exploration continued when he joined the British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition in 1930 as magnetician. 1911 February 1913 Career position - Magnetician, Western Base, Australian Antarctic Expedition 1914 1914 Career position - Magnetic Observer at the Carnegie Institution Washington, USA 1915 1915 Award - Polar Medal (Silver) 1915 1915 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide 1916 1918 Military service - Australian Tunnelling Corps, Australian Imperial Force 1921 1924 Career position - Chief Assistant at the Adelaide Observatory 1924 1927 Career position - Assistant at Mount Stromlo Observatory in the Australian Capital Territory 1928 Career position - Mining Engineer in Western Australia 1930 1931 Career event - Magnetician on British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Magnetician, Western Base 1911-1913

 Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer (1889-1972)

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 'Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Newspaper Article: Medal Awards - For Antarctic Research Expedition Medal Awards - For Antarctic Research Expedition 1934 The Canberra Times 2 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 Edited Book: The Antarctic diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy together with the paintings and drawings of Charles Turnbull Harrison Riffenburgh, Beau and de Boos, Crispin The Antarctic diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy together with the paintings and drawings of Charles Turnbull Harrison Norwich, U.K. Erskine Press 2018 Edited Book: Eclipse chasers Lomb, Nick; and Stevenson, Toner Eclipse chasers Clayton South, Vic CSIRO Publishing 2023 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 Edmund Besley Court Kennedy - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edmund Besley Court Kennedy - Records A2893 and D330 1848 Records from an expedition from Rockhampton Bay to Cape York in 1848, comprising 2 notebooks, fragments of a journal, and a plan, sketches and notes by A.G. McLean compiled from Kennedy's notes [3 volumes, partly on microfilm, A2893, D330]. 3 volumes Microfilm