Person

Price, Archibald Grenfell (1892 - 1977)

Born
28 January 1892
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died
20 July 1977
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Geographer and Science historian

Summary

Archibald Grenfell Price was master of St Mark's College, University of Adelaide 1925-1957. His writings included The Winning of Australian Antarctica, Mawson's BANZARE Voyages 1929-31 (1962) and The Explorations of Capt. James Cook in the Pacific (1958).

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Chronology

1923
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Geography), Australian National Research Council

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Archibald Grenfell Price - Records, 1960, DeB 77; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
  • Archibald Grenfell Price - Records, 30 October 1966, DeB 194; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Price, A. Grenfell, The Winning of Australian Antarctica: Mawson's BANZARE voyages, 1929-31: based on the Mawson Papers (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1962), 241 pp. Details

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Journal Articles

  • Powell, J. M., 'Sir Archibald Grenfell Price, 1892-1977', Geographers: Bibliographical Studies, 6 (1982), 87-92. Details
  • Price, A. G., 'A century of South Australian history.', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (3) (1937), 103-110. Details
  • Price, A. Grenfell, 'The mystery of Leichhardt: the South Australian Government expedition of 1938', Proceedings of the Royal geographical Society of Australia (South Australia), 39 (1938), 9-48. Details
  • Price, Kenneth, 'Sir Archibald Grenfell Price', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia Branch, 11 (610-611) (1985), 40-41, 42. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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