The Southern Frontier
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Australia’s Antarctic obsession: empire, adventure, and destiny at the South Pole.
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The Southern Frontier

australia, antarctica and empire in the southern ocean world

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    288 pages

  • Release Date

    13 May 2025

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Summary

The Frozen South: Australia’s Antarctic Obsession

Antarctica looms large in the Australian psyche – as a place of science, adventure, and peril. Our romantic entanglement with this unique environment is deep and enduring.

The Southern Frontier traces Australia’s Antarctic obsession from its origins in the nineteenth century to the creation of the Australian Antarctic Territory and a permanent national Antarctic program in the 1930s and 1940s. It reconstructs Austral…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522880519
ISBN-10:0522880517
Author:Rohan Howitt
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:13 May 2025
Weight:384g
Dimensions:28mm x 234mm x 157mm
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About The Author

Rohan Howitt

Rohan Howitt is a lecturer in environmental history at Monash University. His research focuses on the interconnected histories of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. His work has been published in leading scholarly journals such as Australian Historical Studies, History Compass, and The Journal of Global History. The Southern Frontier is his first book.

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