Phillip law antarctica biography
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Phillip Law AC AO CBE
Phillip Law AC AO CBE (1912–2010), scientist and Antarctic explorer, developed an interest in the frozen continent as a boy. He began work as a physics lecturer at the University of Melbourne in 1943, and made his first trip to the Antarctic with the 1947–1948 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, as Senior Scientific Officer. He went on to participate in many exploratory voyages and oversaw the establishment of the Australian Antarctic Division’s research stations – Mawson, Casey and Davis. He was Director of the Antarctic Division of the Department of External Affairs from 1949 to 1966; during that period, he and his colleagues mapped more than 3000 miles of coastline and some 800 000 square miles of territory. Law's wife, Nel, was the first Australian woman to visit Antarctica. President of the Royal Society of Victoria from 1967 to 1969, Law was active for many years in tertiary education, marine science and public life, and authored several b
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Law, Phillip Garth (1912 - 2010)
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Other awards include:
* Hon.DEd, Victorian Institute of Colleges;
* Hon.DSc, LaTrobe University;
* Hon.FRMIT, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology;
* Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (FANZAAS);
* Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics.
Chronology
- 1939
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1941
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- c. 1941 - c. 1945
- Career position - Assistant Secretary and later Acting Secretary, Optical Munitions Panel
- 1943 - 1948
- Career position - Lecturer in physics, University of Melbourne
- 1949 - 1966
- Career position - Leader of many Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE)
- 1949 - 1966
- Career position - Director, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs
- 1953
- Award - Coronation Medal
- 1957
- Award - Commonwealth Professional Officers Association Award of Merit
- 1959
- Award - Cl
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Phillip Law
Australian forskare and explorer
Phillip Garth Law, AC, CBE, FAA, FTSE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010[1]) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966.
Early life
[edit]Law was born in Tallangatta, Victoria, the second of six children of Arthur and Lily Law. One of his younger sisters was the traveller and writer Wendy Law Suart. After attending Hamilton High School, he taught in secondary schools, including Melbourne High School where he taught physics and boxing, while studying part-time at the University of Melbourne, earning an MSc in 1941. He was the Melbourne University lightweight boxing champion[2] and also lectured in physics there from 1943 to 1948.
During the Second World War he enlisted in the RAAF, though the university physics department, which was involved in weapons research, insisted that he continue his work there