Sir Douglas Mawson's proclamation / Sir Douglas Mawson's proclamation Douglas Mawson Facsimile copy of Sir Douglas Mawson’s proclamation of British sovereign rights over the territory of King George II Land and Oates Land between latitude 660 S. and the South Pole. Dated 5 January 1931. The original document was buried under rocks in the Antarctic for 46 years. It has now been restored by the National Library of Australia, Canberra. 1931 1 photograph (reduced copy of original document.) https://sparc.utas.edu.au/sir-douglas-mawsons-proclamation AU TAS UTAS SPARC M17 https://sparc.utas.edu.au/special-and-rare-collections Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections