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  1. 1882-1958. Australian explorer, born in
  2. Britain, who reached the magnetic South Pole
  3. on Shackleton's expedition of 1907-09. Mawson
  4. led Antarctic expeditions 1911-14 and
  5. 1929-31. Australia's first permanent
  6. Antarctic base was named after him. He was
  7. professor of mineralogy at the University of
  8. Adelaide 1920-1953.
  9.