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Entry type: Person
  • Occupation

    Explorer, Photographer, Writer of Inscription

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birth Date

    15th October 1885

  • Death Date

    16th January 1962

Copy specific notes

James Francis (Frank) Hurley was an adventurer, photographer and film maker. He accompanied Douglas Mawson and Ernest Shackleton on their Antarctic expeditions. Hurley served as an official war photographer in both world wars.

Source

Pike, A.F. Hurley, James Francis (Frank) (1885-1962), Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Published in hard copy 1983, accessed online 30 October 2013.

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