The National Library Magazine
Our quarterly magazine
September 2010
On the cover:
Recognised as a pioneer in the field of Polar photography, Frank Hurley shaped the public image of Antarctica. Over a 20-year period, he spent four years in the Antarctic region during the Douglas Mawson and Ernest Shackleton expeditions in 1911–1914 and 1914–1917. Throughout his journeys, Hurley kept diaries, in which he recorded his experiences and the achievements of the expeditions, as well as observations on the beauty of the landscape. Hurley described himself as a storyteller, weaving his photographs into narrative form. Read more about his story.
Contents:
- A Pioneer of Polar Photography (307KB PDF File)
- 'It is magnificent. Magnificent' (207KB PDF File)
- Out of Europe: Old Books, New Books (299KB PDF File)
- Fighting 'That formidable foe Ennui' (364KB PDF File)
- The Wedding at Windsor (375KB PDF File)
- The South Pole in 'Tasmanian Views' (150KB PDF File)
- Before Cook: an Eighteenth-century Account of Life in Eastern Indonesia (262KB PDF File)
- A Plan for Australian Newspapers (202KB PDF File)
- Friends (369KB PDF File)
- Cover to Cover (2.71MB PDF File)
