Remembering Sidney Jeffryes and the darker side of our tales of Antarctic heroism
- Written by Elizabeth Leane, Associate Professor of English and ARC Future Fellow, University of Tasmania
The Aurora lying at anchor in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica in 1913.National Library of Australia
Antarctica is famous for its survival stories, but one of the most compelling has languished in the shadows for over a century. An unmarked grave in the public cemetery at Ararat has been the resting place of Sidney Jeffryes, the remarkable radio...
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