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Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee

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Committee members were appointed by the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Antarctic matters. The committee was founded in 1952 as the
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Correspondence, mainly regarding Cook, Antarctic Names Committee of Australia, Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Australian Antarctic Division Place names Committee
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Index

Government
Australian Antarctic Territory
Heard Island
McDonald Islands
Governor General
Australian Antarctic Medal
Burch Peaks
Fyfe Hills
W.V. Fyfe
Surveyor General of Western Australia
Goldsworthy Ridge
R.W. Goldsworthy
Gowlett Peaks
Alan Gowlett
Haigh Nunatak
McNair Nunatak
Richard McNair
Mount Cordwell
Mount Smethurst
Wilkes Station
Mount Stadler
Mount Torckler
Onley Hill
L. Onley
Trost Rocks
P.A. Trost
Correspondence, mainly regarding Cook, Antarctic Names Committee of Australia, Australian Dictionary of Biography
Antarctic Names Committee-minutes
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
Australian Antarctic Division

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