Person

Swan, Robert Arthur

Occupation
Writer

Summary

Robert Arthur Swan is a writer who has written about the Antarctic.

Published resources

Books

  • Swan, R. A., Australia in the Antarctic (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1961). Details

Book Sections

  • Swan, R. A., 'Neumayer, Georg Balthasar von (1826-1909), scientist, magnetician, hydrographer, oceanographer and meteorologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 329-331. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050377b.htm. Details
  • Swan, R. A., 'Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864-1934), Antarctic explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), p. 348. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070353b.htm. Details
  • Swan, R. A., 'Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876-1942), scientist and Antarctic explorer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 275-276. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070278b.htm. Details
  • Swan, R. A., 'Wilkins, Sir George Hubert (1888-1958), war correspondent and photographer, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist and aviator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 488-490. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120549b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Swan, R. A., 'The First Australian Scientist to Work and Winter on the Antarctic Continent', Victorian Historical Magazine, 33 (1963), 379-398. Details

Resources

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