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Mawson Collection

Background imageMawson Collection: Bradford Town Hall 1870S

Bradford Town Hall 1870S
Bradford Town Hall, opened in 1873 and designed by the architects Lockwood and Mawson. It shows the popular gothic style of the time

Background imageMawson Collection: Fruit and Leaf Design Date: 1909

Fruit and Leaf Design Date: 1909

Background imageMawson Collection: Sculcoates Union Workhouse, Hull

Sculcoates Union Workhouse, Hull
A gaggle of children and several mothers with prams outside the Sculcoates Union workhouse on Beverley Road, Hull. The building was erected in 1843-5 to designs by Henry F Lockwood

Background imageMawson Collection: Mrs Douglas Mawson

Mrs Douglas Mawson, formerly Miss Delprat, wife of the Antarctic explorer. Douglas Mawson contacted his fianc頶 ia wireless to suggest she had better give up on him, but she waited and happily

Background imageMawson Collection: Boy Scout Association of South Australia

Boy Scout Association of South Australia
Group photo, Boy Scout Association of South Australia, 1916. Standing (left to right): Es Field, W B Carr, E A Farquhar, F Chapple, Herbert Phillips

Background imageMawson Collection: St Georges Hall, Bradford, exterior

St Georges Hall, Bradford, exterior
The exterior of St Georges Hall Bradford, opened with a grand musicial festival in September 1853. Constructed from Yorkshire stone with Corinthian details

Background imageMawson Collection: South Magnetic Pole

South Magnetic Pole
Professor David : I hereby take possession of this area now containing the Magnetic Pole for the British Empire. Dr Mackay is on his right, Douglas Mawson on his left. Date: 1909

Background imageMawson Collection: Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958)

Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958)
Portrait of Sir Douglas Mawson, the Australian explorer and geologist, photographed in Adelaide, 1914. Mawson had just returned from the 1911-1914 Australian Antarctic Expedition

Background imageMawson Collection: Sir Douglas Mawson and Lady Mawson, London, 1914

Sir Douglas Mawson and Lady Mawson, London, 1914
Photograph of Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958), the Australian explorer and geologist, pictured with his wife on arrival at Victoria, London, 1914


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