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Appendices

I. Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 162 Management Plan (2009)
II. Antarctic Specially Managed Area No 3 Management Plan (2009)
III. Key On-site Conservation Works
IV. Location of Objects, Images and Papers in Australia
V. Current Datasets on Management of the Site
VI. Glossary

              Appendix I Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 162 Management Plan

Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 162 Management Plan (2009)

MAWSON'S HUTS, CAPE DENISON, COMMONWEALTH BAY, GEORGE V LAND, EAST ANTARCTICA

Latitude 67º 00' 30" S, Longitude 142º 39' 40" E

Introduction
Mawson's Huts are four timber huts that served as the winter base of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14 organised and led by geologist Dr Douglas Mawson. An important symbol of the so-called 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration (1895-1917), the huts at Cape Denison are the least disturbed and altered of those structures remaining from the era. The achievements of the Mawson expedition include some of the earliest and most comprehensive studies of Antarctic geology, glaciology, oceanography, geography, terrestrial magnetism, astronomy, meteorology, biology, zoology and botany.
In recognition of the rarity and richness of this social, cultural and scientific resource, the Mawson's Huts site was designated under Measure 2 (2004) as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 162, to protect the important historical, technical, architectural and aesthetic value of the four Australasian Antarctic Expedition huts. The ASPA also contains part of the site designated under Measure 3 (2004) as Historic Site and Monument No. 77 Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, and is embedded within Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) No. 3 Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, designated under Measure 1 (2004).

1. Description of values to be protected
The ASPA is primarily designated to protect Mawson's Huts which is a site of considerable historic, archaeological, technical, social and aesthetic values.

Historic value
Mawson's Huts at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay was the main base of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911–14, led by Dr Douglas Mawson. Mawson's Huts is one of a group of only six sites of 'heroic age' huts where pragmatic consideration of the need to provide permanent shelter in the Antarctic environment resulted in an expedition hut form suitable for polar regions.
Mawson's Huts were built in January, February and March 1912 and May 1913. In their surviving form and setting the huts illustrate the isolation and harsh