Person

Bewsher, William Gordon (Bill) (1924 - 2012)

Born
22 February 1924
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died
23 June 2012
Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Antarctic explorer, Explorer and Teacher

Summary

Bill Bewsher was a schoolteacher, bushwalker, explorer, Antarctic explorer and officer-in-charge of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 1956-1957.

Mount Bewsher, a prominent, flat-topped mountain on the western end of the Aramis Range in the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica is named after him.

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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • William G. Bewsher - Records, 1956 - 1957, MS 9229/71; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

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See also

  • Bowden, Tim, The Silence Calling (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1997), 656 pp. [Bewsher, Bill. pp.153, 157-161, 164-165, 234.]. Details

McCarthy, G.J., Ken McInnes

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