Aurora

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Cultural Object created 2024-04-23 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007370b.htm culturalArtefact Aurora AACR2 1876 1917 Ship Antarctic exploration Aurora was a barque-rigged whaler built in Dundee in 1876. During her first 34 years she was involved in the whaling and sealing trades in northern waters. Aurora was chosen as the expedition vessel for Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914. Her master John K. Davis oversaw her refit for the Expedition, including modifications to her rigging and the installation of two sounding machines. Expedition members were landed at Macquarie Island and at Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, in December 1911. Between then and returning to Antarctica to relieve member s of the Expedition in January 1913, Aurora was engaged in scientific cruises in sub-Antarctic waters with a program of taking soundings and (not always successful) trawling. Most members of the Expedition were taken off: five remained for another winter because Mawson and his sledging party had not returned to base. Davis commanded a last voyage for the Expedition in late 1913 to take on board the six over-wintering expeditioners (including Mawson). During the return journey to Australia, where they reached Adelaide in February 1914, the crew conducted a program of soundings, dredging and trawling. In 1914 Aurora took the Ross Sea Party of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Transantarctic Expedition to Cape Evans in Antarctica. Davis commanded Aurora a final time to take off the members of the Cape Evans party in January 1917. Aurora was lost at sea in mid-1917 while taking a cargo of coal to Chile. Mount Aurora, Aurora Glacier and other geographic features in Antarctica were named in honour of the ship. Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Expedition vessel 1911 - 1914

Davis, John King (1884 - 1967)

Captain 1911 -1914 and 1916 -1917

Richards, Richard Walter (1893 - 1985)

On board 1914 - 1917

'Aurora', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Aurora Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The lower deck on Aurora H. V. Goddard's diary, 1913-14 Quilty, P. G.; and Goddard, P. H. The lower deck on Aurora H. V. Goddard's diary, 1913-14 2004 Polar record 40 3 193-203 Journal Article: Antarctic vignettes VII: unsung heroes - researching the crew of the S.Y. Aurora 1911 - 1914 Dartnall, H. J. G. Antarctic vignettes VII: unsung heroes - researching the crew of the S.Y. Aurora 1911 - 1914 2014 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 148 11-5 Book: With the Aurora in the Antarctic, 1911 - 1914 Davis, J. K. With the Aurora in the Antarctic, 1911 - 1914 London Andrew Melrose 1919 Journal Article: The soundings of the Antarctic ship Aurora between Tasmania and the Antarctic continent 1912 Davis, J. K. The soundings of the Antarctic ship Aurora between Tasmania and the Antarctic continent 1912 1913 Geographical Journal 42 4 361-2 Book Section: Davis, John King (1884-1967), Antarctic navigator Bechervaise, John Davis, John King (1884-1967), Antarctic navigator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 238-239 Book: The Home of the Blizzard: the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Mawson, Douglas The Home of the Blizzard: the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Kent Town, SA Wakefield Press 1996 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 Book: Trial by ice: the Antarctic journals of John King Davis Davis, John King: edited by Crossley, Louise Trial by ice: the Antarctic journals of John King Davis Bluntisham, Huntingdon: Norwich, Norfolk Bluntisham Books: Erskine Press 1919 Book: High latitude Davis, J. K. High latitude [Parkville, Vic.] Melbourne University Press 1962 Book: British oceanographic vessels 1800 - 1950 Rice, A. L. British oceanographic vessels 1800 - 1950 London Ray Society 1986 Richard Walter Richards - Records National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Richard Walter Richards - Records TRC 495 1914 - 1960 Oral history interview c1914-60 [TRC 495]. Richards talks about the 1914-1917 British Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, in particular, the difficulties faced by him and his companions such as reliance on seal meat for food and fuel, symptoms of scurvy, blizzard conditions and the death of some of the members of the expedition. He also talks about the dogs used to pull their sleds and life generally during this time as well as his opinion of Shackelton as a leader. 1 reel Audio