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Using Hobart as a base, whalers and sealers sailed into Antarctica's seas, returning with their cargo of seal skins and whale oils.
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A Russian named Fabian Gottlieb Von Bellingshausen is the first one to see Antarctica.
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The famous British explorer Ernest Shackleton visited Antarctica.
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Hubert Wilkins is the first Australian to explore Antarctica by air craft.
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First Australian permanent base opend in Antarctica, the Mawson Station.
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The Davis Station was opened in a large free ice-free are, the Vestfold Hills.
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The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1st December 1959 by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58. This was to keep Antarctica healthy
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Casey Station was built.
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two Australians and a New Zealander reached the South Pole on foot as members of the Icetrek expedition.
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Law Base opened, named after Phillip Law who had been in charge of Australia's Antarctic Program from 1949-1966
