Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke - log books (2) written on board S.Y. 'Aurora' whilst employed as wir...
Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke - log books (2) written on board S.Y. 'Aurora' whilst employed as wireless operator for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 15 December 1914 - 2 April 1916
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15 December 1914 - 2 April 1916
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0.13 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript, carbon
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Digitised : 2014
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ITEM 01
Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke log book written on board S.Y. 'Aurora' whilst employed as wireless operator for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 15 December 1914-24 January 1916
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Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke log book written on board S.Y. 'Aurora' whilst employed as wireless operator for the Imperial Trans-Anta...
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Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke - log books (2) written on board S.Y. 'Aurora' whilst employed as wireless operator for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 15 December 1914 - 2 April 1916
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General note
See also 'The South Polar Trail : the log of Ernest Mills Joyce on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition'. London: Duckworth, 1929. Located at 92/339 Sir William Dixson Library.
Microfilm available at CY 4204
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Presented by John Hooke in 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Lionel George Alfred Hooke, broadcasting pioneer, radio engineer and businessman, was born in Melbourne in 1895. He joined the Marconi company as a marine wireless operator in 1913. In the following year, Marconi merged with Telefunken to form a new organisation, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd.
On 15 Dec. 1914, Hooke left Sydney on t...
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1wN2oexn
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414267
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