Hubert Wilkins is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Hubert Wilkins as Australian polar explorer (1888-1958).
Hubert Wilkins was born at Hallett in 1888. His recorded nationality is Australia.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
He is recorded as explorer, photographer and ornithologist.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Military Cross, Patron’s Medal, Carl-Ritter-Medal and Knight Bachelor.
Hubert Wilkins died in 1958, aged 70. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Military Cross
- Patron’s Medal
- Carl-Ritter-Medal
- Knight Bachelor
- Recorded as explorer, photographer and ornithologist
