Timber wharf at Queen’s Pier, Hobart, 1911. ‘The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’

The ‘Aurora’ being loaded at a gravel wharf, possibly London, 1911. 'The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’.

The first three shots of Home of the Blizzard – traditionally thought to be of the Aurora in Hobart – are almost certainly of the vessel tied up to a gravel wharf in London.

Fig. 11: Macquarie Island, 1911 or 1912? ‘The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’ NFSA: 1356

The ‘Aurora’ making her way down the Derwent River. The shot was taken by a cameraman on board a vessel in the chase flotilla, Hobart, 2 December 1911. ‘Home of the Blizzard’ (1911–1916) 

Shots of the crowd, taken from the ‘Aurora’, Hobart, 2 December 1911. ‘Home of the Blizzard’ (1911–1916)

The chase flotilla, seen from the ‘Aurora’, Hobart, 2 December 1911. ‘Home of the Blizzard’ (1911–1916) NFSA: 6465

This shot of the 'Aurora’, moving away from Queens Wharf, may have been taken by Richard Primmer, Hobart, 2 December 1911. ‘Home of the Blizzard’ (1911–1916) 

Fig. 5: (Self?) portrait of Frank Hurley, probably on board the 'Aurora’, on or around 23 February 1913. ‘The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’, NFSA: 1356

Frank Hurley’s celebrated ‘blizzard’ scene showing the extreme conditions endured by AAE expeditioners at Cape Denison, Antarctica, 1913.