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  • Greg Mortimer OAM
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/greg-mortimer-oam/

    The first Australian to reach the summits of Mount Everest and K2 in the Himalaya, and mounts Vinson and Minto in Antarctica.

    Published 19 April 2016
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  • William Bligh
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/william-bligh/

    Navigated a tiny vessel a distance of 5800 kilometres, charting part of the north-east coast of Australia along the way.

    Published 27 November 2015
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  • William 'Bill' Bradfield AM
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/bill-bradfield/

    An amateur astronomer who discovered 18 new comets.

    Published 27 November 2015
    William 'Bill' Bradfield AM trailblazers exhibitions past exhibitions
  • Frank Hurley OBE
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/james-francis-frank-hurley-obe/

    Photographed Antarctica, the jungles of New Guinea and European battlefields.

    Published 27 November 2015
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  • Linda Beilharz OAM
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/linda-beilharz-oam/

    The first Australian woman to ski both the North and South poles.

    Published 06 December 2016
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  • Tim Jarvis AM
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/tim-jarvis-am/

    Re-enacted the Antarctic journeys of Douglas Mawson and Ernest Shackleton.

    Published 27 November 2015
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  • James 'Cas' Castrission and Justin 'Jonesy' Jones
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    The first to walk unsupported to the South Pole and back.

    Published 30 June 2016
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  • Robert O’Hara Burke and William Wills
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    The first to successfully cross the continent from South to North.

    Published 21 April 2016
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  • Lady Jane Franklin
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/lady-jane-franklin/

    Adventurer and early agitator for women's rights.

    Published 27 November 2015
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  • Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Kennard OAM
    https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/gabrielle-gaby-kennard/

    First Australian woman to circumnavigate the world by airplane.

    Published 27 November 2015
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