A double sided map titled Australian National Antarctic Research
Expeditions 1947-1966 was published in 1989. It included details
on Phillip Law and the history of Australians in Antarctica and
all ANARE expeditions during this time. This zip file contains
two text documents containing this text. Australia's long
history of involvement in Antarctica has its foundations in the
19th century. In its ... early years Australia depended on the
sea for its trade and communications and was conscious of the
vast unknown region that lay close to the south. Because of this
proximity it was inevitable that Australia became closely
involved in Antarctic exploration. The sailing vessels upon
which the colonies depended for their supplies and trade with
Europe followed the Great Circle routes south of the Cape of
Good Hope and sought the favourable westerly winds found well to
the south. These voyages brought familiarity with the high
latitudes, but were not without risk -in the second year of
settlement HMS Guardian was al