NSW: Mawson s base camp must be fully restored, says Hillary From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: April 27, 1999 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)

04-27-1999

NSW: Mawson s base camp must be fully restored, says Hillary

By Lorna Knowles

SYDNEY, April 27 AAP - Sir Douglas Mawson's Antarctic base camp should be fully restored
as one of Australia's most important historic sites, the first man to conquer Mt Everest said
tonight.

Sir Edmund Hillary, speaking at a fundraiser for the AAP Mawson's Huts Foundation in
Sydney, was referring to th...

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