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    Sir Douglas Mawson was an Australian scientist and explorer born in 1882 in Yorkshire, England who emigrated to Sydney, Australia as a child. He studied mining, engineering, chemistry and geology and established the first Australian station in Antarctica, where he explored on numerous expeditions and studied the weather and glaciers. Mawson married in 1914 and had two daughters before dying in 1958 from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 76.

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    Sir Douglas Mawson was an Australian scientist and explorer born in 1882 in Yorkshire, England who emigrated to Sydney, Australia as a child. He studied mining, engineering, chemistry and geology and established the first Australian station in Antarctica, where he explored on numerous expeditions and studied the weather and glaciers. Mawson married in 1914 and had two daughters before dying in 1958 from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 76.

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    douglas Mawson - Google Docs

    Sir Douglas
    Mawson
    Born: 1882 5 MAY
    Died: 1958 14 OCTOBER from a cerebral hemorrhage.

    Douglas Mawson was a Scientist and an Explorer.Although he was born


    in Yorkshire, England he and his family emigrated to Sydney,Australia
    when he was two years old. Mawson was married in 1914 and had two
    children, their names were Patricia and Jessica.
    He formed the nation by
    making it to Antarctica on many occasions as a member of expeditions
    that explored the vast continent.
    Mawson studied mining, engineering, chemistry and geology.
    He was interested in the weather in the Antarctic and its glaciers.
    He established the first Australian station in Antarctica.
    By Mark

    https://docs.google.com/a/gsk.wa.edu.au/document/d/1kVEhQCo-HqzBUlg7drWwB4W-Jd0RUG7VUXaS1DUHnak/edit

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