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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-03-24 human Helen Cohn updated 2022-03-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006913b.htm person Hamilton Harold AACR2 2 February 1885 31 December 1937 Place of Birth Napier, New Zealand Place of Death Rotorua, New Zealand Antarctic explorer Museum director Biologist Harold Hamilton gained a diploma from the geological division of the Otago University School of Mines where he also spent time as demonstrator in surveying. At the time of his appointment to the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911 Hamilton was studying collection techniques at the Australian Museum on behalf of the Dominion Museum, New Zealand, for which he was an entomological collector. As biologist to the Expedition's Macquarie Island party, he made significant collections of flora and fauna specimens. He also assisted Leslie Blake in conducting the first survey of the Island. Having concluded his appointment to the Expedition early in 1913, he revisited the Antarctica in the summer of 1913/4 on the voyage to collect Douglas Mawson and the remaining five members of the Cape Denison Party. During WWI Hamilton served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the United Kingdom. In his later career he was Assistant Director of the Dominion Museum and inaugural Director of the School of Maori Arts and Crafts in Rotorua. Mount Hamilton, Macquarie Island, was named in his honour. 1911 1911 Career position - Biologist, Australian Museum 1911 February 1913 Career position - Biologist, Macquarie Island Party, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1915 1915 Award - Polar Medal (Silver) 1919 1927 Career position - Assistant Director, Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand 1927 1927 Career event - Appointed Inaugural Director, School of Maori Arts and Crafts, Rotorua, New Zealand Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Biologist, Macquarie Island 1911 - 1913

 'Hamilton, Harold', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hamilton, Harold Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Ecological notes and illustrations of the flora of Macquarie Island Hamilton, H. Ecological notes and illustrations of the flora of Macquarie Island Sydney Government Printer 1926 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 Book: The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914 Mawson, Douglas The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914 London J.B. Lippincott: Heinemann 1915