Guide to the Papers of Sir Douglas Mawson
MS 6650
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: March 2019
Online Items
Diary, 1 January 1912 - 29 October 1913 (File 3)
Official handwritten diary of Leslie Russell Blake. The diary is fragile, very legible and in its original notebook. It also contains some of the duplicate carbon pages. Entries are daily but reasonably brief.
Log Books (File 6)
Log Book titled Rain Register, 1 January 1912 - 30 May 1913 (Item)
Log Book titled Rain Register recording brief daily entries. Each page with Leslie Russell Blake's name written at top, however log appears to be in handwriting of Harold Hamilton.
Biological Log Book 1, 1 Jan 1912-22 April 1912 (Item)
Biological Log Book 1 - Macquarie Island - recorded by Harold Hamilton. Entries are daily and of 4-8 lines, providing a succinct but reasonably detailed account of daily life, particularly Hamilton's work as the party's biologist.