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Artefact Catalogue No	Common Name	Description	Collection
03/251	Station Model - Mawson	Designed & built in Hobart in 1994. An accurate scale model of the station, in a perspex case with stand.	Antarctic Division Library Artefacts
CDAH	Absolute Magnetic Hut	The Absolute Magnetic Hut, erected in February 1912, is a deteriorated ruin consisting of only a complete south wall with portions of the east wall and the framing of the north and west walls. The frame was constructed of leftover Oregon timber with timber boarding and tar paper lining. The plan is 1.8 meter square, sited on a rock shelf and originally anchored to the ground. The skillion roof was removed by BANZARE expeditioners in January 1931. (Mawson's Huts Historic Site Management Plan 2007 - 2012 p. 13)	Cape Denison Artefacts
CDMAGH	Magnetograph House	This structure is rectangular in plan and measures 5,500 x 2,000 mm. It has a shallow pitched skillion roof with no wirndows. The entry was constructed as a double porch with three doorsets, to assist in the maintenance of the constant internal temperature. A copper ventilator was installed on the roof over the porch for the same reason. The external door was a double "stable" ship's door taken from the wreck of the "Clyde" on Macquarie Island. The equipment was set into the rock to ensure a level surface. Magnetic measurements were collected from the Magnetograph House on a daily basis, usually by Eric Webb, the chief magnetician, but also by Bage.	Cape Denison Artefacts
CDMH	Main Hut	Following the decision to combine two expedition bases, the construction of the Main Hut utilised two huts originally meant for accommodation. The largest pyramid roofed hut, supplied by George Hudson and Son (described as the Living Hut), was used to accommodate the entire 18 man party. The other hip-roofed hut from Adelaide was utilised as a workshop. Both sections of the Main Hut were constructed with an Oregon timber frame of larger than normal sections, with bolted connections at each junction. Both had internal linings of tongue and groove Baltic pine boarding. Sheets of tar paper lining were used as additional wind protection under the external roof and and wall boards. The living section was a single space 24 feet x 24 feet (7.3 m x 7.3 m) with a pyramid roof over, supported in the centre by four 100 mm x 100mm posts. A five foot (1.5 m) wide verandah surrounded the structure on three sides under the same roof. The verandah area was used as a biological, food and general store and assisted in insulating the section. Entry was via the workshop. The timber framing structure was bedded into holes excavated into the rock with explosives. It has been claimed that urine was used to freeze the stumps into the rock and 50 tons of stones were placed between the stumps. Internally, the living section provided sleeping and living facilities. Double bunks were located around the perimeter of the room, with a small area along the southern wall partitioned off as a private bedroom and workspace for Mawson. A Smith and Wellstood cooking stove and bench were positioned along the northern wall, along with a small darkroom. The dining table was located centrally and provided a strong focal point for social and work activities inside the hut. A storage platform was constructed over the dining table, utilising the four roof support posts. The workshop was attached to the northern side of the living section. It was rectangular in plan, 18 x 16 feet (5.5 m x 4.9 m) with a hip roof and a five foot wide verandah on the east and west sides. The workshop was fitted with laboratory benches, a lathe, sewing machine, wireless operator's bench, DC and AC generators and an engine. The eastern verandah was used as sleping quarters for the dogs, while the western verandah was largely entrance circulation, although it also contained access to the roof and cellar as well as a latrine. Another change made during the construction of the Main Hut was the attachment of a low flat-roofed "hangar" to the western side of the living section to provide protection for the air tractor amd additional storage. It was constructed from double rows of storage boxes, between which snow was rammed, and a roof of packing case timbers. Artificial lighting was provided by an acetylene generator(supported on the central platform). Heating was provided by the main stove, kept alight continuously by coal and seal blubber. Ventilation was provided by the stove flue, opening dooors and a louvred ventilator in the workshop. Natural light was provided by four skylights over the living section and two over the workshop. Access in winter was gained via ice tunnels or a roof trapdoor in the workshop's western verandah.	Cape Denison Artefacts
CDTH	Transit Hut	The Transit Hut is located approximately 30 m to the northeast of the Main Hut on a 900mm high rock ledge. The hut was constructed of an Oregon frame with metal shelf brackets to assist as bracing. It was lined externally with packing case timbers. The structure had one door in the northeast corner. Additionally, there was a narrow slot in the roof and upper part of the north and souh elevations to assist observations. The structure was clad in sheepskin and canvas. The Transit Hut was originally known as the Astronomical Observatory. Construction of this structure commenced in MAy 1913. Its purpose was to take star sights by theodolite to determine the exact longitude of Cape Denison. The structure contained a "10 inch transit instrument" , which was given to the expedition by the Government Astronomer. This was positioned in a 225 mm square timber pillar and set into the rock.	Cape Denison Artefacts
DSB 01	Old Recreation Hut	A PTB mark III type building with insulated plywood panels. This structure was part of the original 1957 station and was built as the Engine Room/Workshop. It initially housed the Lister 15kVA generator plant (which sat upon concrete beds) and the station bathroom which was accessed from a cold porch. There was also a small store/office in the south west comer adjoining the bathroom. The original bonded plywood flooring of the workshop and bathroom spaces was covered by a concrete floor during the first year of station operations. The building was superseded in 1962 by a new Powerhouse. At that time, the engines were removed and a new floor was built over the top of the concrete engine beds. The small store/office was then converted into a darkroom. (It was intended to build a new darkroom in the new Mess, but instead the old one in the Recreation Room was re built.) The building served as a temporary mess when the Community Hut was demolished in that same year (1962). The building was remodelled in 1963. A 1970 plan of the building shows it with a bar in the north west corner and three rooms along the south wall (darkroom at east; library in middle; unidentified [probably cold porch] at west). With the commissioning of the new Living Quarters (LQ) Building in 1980, the building, like the adjacent Kitchen/Mess, was converted into four dongas. The darkroom was retained and expanded to include the library space. From that time onwards, the building was known as part of the Main Donga Line. For a detailed description of the fabric of the building see Rando and Davies, Davis Station Heritage Study.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 02	Old Carpenter's Workshop	A PTB Mark III type building with insulated plywood panels. The old Carpenter's Workshop was erected in 1957 as the first Ballon Hut. Two years later, the structure was superseded by a new Balloon Hut and it was subsequently dismantled and re-erected at the rear of the Engine House as the Carpenters Workshop. In 1962, the carpentry equipment was moved out and the structure was used to store coke though towards the end of the year it was once again used as the Carpenter's workshop. An extension was added to the rear of the building in 1974. In 1981, a new Workshop was commissioned as part of the station rebuilding program. At this time, the building was converted into a Drying Room. It served this purpose up until 1992 when the 'Old Donga Line' was finally abandoned. It was demolished in 2004	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 03	Sleeping Hut	A PTB Mark IV type building made from insulated aluminium and zincanneal panels. This was the first building erected at Davis station. Soon after its construction it was connected to the Community Hut via a corridor. It housed five men in its original form. a further four sleeping cubicles were added in 1958. This extension involved the removal of the northern end-section, the insertion of new panels and then reinstating of the original end-section. The building was extended yet again in 1964 by a further four cubicles giveing a total of thirteen dongas. This seond extension necessitated the relocation of the adjacent Surgery, which was moved 20' to the east. A cold porch was then added to the north wall of the extended Sleeping Quarters. This also served as a passageway link to the Surgery. Another cold porch was later added to the southeast corner. The building continued to serve as accommodation until the new Sleepint Medical Quarters (SMQ) Building was commissioned in 1992. After that time it was briefly used to store surplus scientific chemcials after which it was no longer used.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 04	No. 1 Store	A PTB Mark III type building made from insulated plywood panels. This building formed part of the original station. It was located some distance to the south of the main building line as a precaution against the fire (it could serve as a temporary shelter if the main line burned down). The building served most of its life as a hardware store. After the construction of a further two stores buidlngs, it was usually referred to as the No. 1 Store. It was demolished in 1988 once all of its stores had been transferred to the new stores building.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 05	Community Hut	When erected in 1957, this building housed the meterology and radio offices, the kitchen, dining room, pantry and a cold porch. The structure was never very satisfactory. It had major leak problems in 1958 and the exterior panels facing the sea were in need of replacement in 1960. the building offered only 'limited facilities' and in 1960 it was recommended that it be used as a recreation hut. Instead, it was demolished in 1962. The recommendation that part of the structure be re-erected north of the garage as an emergency store was not acted upon.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 06	Balloon Theodolite Shelter	This structure was built in 1957. It was never considered part of the main station complex, being located some distance to the east of the station proper. It served its original purpose until 1994 when the new Balloon Theodolite Shelter was commissioned. It was dumped on its side near the new Incinerator building some time after that.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 07	Auroral Hut	This is a PTB Mark III type building made from insulated plywood panels. This building was erected in 1957 and was originally located to the east of the main line of buildings. During 1961 it was used as a paint and ether store and in 1962 as a store for meteorological records. it was replaced in 1964 by the new Auroral/Glaciology Hut. The function of the building after it was re-opened, reference is made to an Astrodome Shelter. This would concur with the identification in a 1970 map of the 'Theodolite Dome'. In 1976, the structure was used to house obsolete radio equipment.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 08	Community Hut / Engine Room Enclosure	A link was soon erected between the Community Hut and the Engine Room. It was described as a corridor and passageway, however, additional space must have been enclosed to form a darkroom. This corridor provided access to the bathroom which was then located in the Engine Room Building. This enclosure would have been remvoed when the Community Hut was demolished in 1962. The dark room equipment was moved into the Engine Room when this was converted into the Recreation Room. although the intention was to locate the darkroom in the new Kitchen-Mess, this never occurred.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 09	Met Office	This was a PTB Mark III type building constructed from insulated plywood panels. Initially, the radio and meteorology offices were located in a room in the 1957 Community Hut. However, with the completion of a new Radio and Meteorology Hut in 1959, this room was dismantled to become a kitchen and pantry. The Radio and Meteorology Hut was sited at the northern end of the main building line. A partition wall was erected inside it to spearate the two uses. In 1961, a new Radio Hut was built in line with and parallel to the Radio and Meteorolgoy Hut. After removal of radio operations to this new hut, the 1959 structure was used exclusively as the Met Office. A connecting passageway was constructed between the two neighbouring buldings in the same year, however all but a 4' section of this attached to the Radio Hut was dismantled in the following year. The Met Office was extended to the east in 1982 to accomodate the met technician. The last use of the building was for donga accomodation.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 10	No. 2 Store	This building,the second store at Davis, was built in 1959 for use as a warm store. I that year a ference was made to stairs and a laundry platform being added to this new structure. In 1961 it stored vegetables, tinned food and field equipment, yet even by this early stage, its condition was reported as being quite deteriorated with buckled plywood panels and a large hole in the floor. By the following year the buildng was formally serving two roles, with unheated food being stored. For a detailed description of the fabric of the building see Rando and Davies, Davis Station Heritage Study.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 11	Paint Store (Clothing Store)	The building was timber framed construction sheeted with plywood. This building was originally erected at Heard Island where it was known as the Rawin Hut. It was transfered to Mawson station in 1955 where it served the same purpose. the building was transferred yet again, this time to Davis station in 1959. The 1959 station report notes that it, "...was the third time this hut was put up". In 1960, the hut was described as being in extremely poor condition due to its age. As such, it was decided to build a replacment structure - the Radome - in 1962. From then onwards, the old structure was used as a non-metallic store which required no heating. It was used as a Paint Store in 1963 and as a Clothing Store during the 1970's. Although it was used to store paint, the names Paint Store and Clothing Store were used interchangeably.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 12	Latrine	The building was a PTB Mark III design constructed with insulated plywood panels. The Latrine was constructed in 1959 to the west of the Recreation room. A structure appears in the same location throughout the life of the station. The building was an ANARE "Standard Latrine" design.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 13	Old Balloon Hut	The building is a PTB Mark III type constructed with insulated plywood panels. A two-roomed insulated plywood panel Post Tensioned Box (PTB) Mark III building erected on a concrete foundation pad in 1959. Contains shelving and gas and electrical fittings. Largely rebuilt in 1982 but generally unaltered from its original state, other than various successive colours of paint. Guyed from the roof by corner brackets. Used for meteorology until 1994.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 14	Old OIC'ery	The building was a PTB Mark III type constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. This building, the original Surgery at Davis, was constructed north of the sleeping Quarters in 1960. In 1964 it was moved 20' to the east of its original location to allow the Sleeping Quarters to be extended. A porch was then added which linked the building to the quarters. A glass conservatory was added to the north wall window in 1969. With the commissioning of a new Surgery in the following year, it was recommended that this building be used as an electrical workshop. This did not occur, and building was converted for use as the OIC'ery in 1971, though it was also used as an electrical store during that year. The building was known as the OIC'ery from that year onwards. The glass house was removed in 1979.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 15	Radio Hut	The building is a PTB Mark III constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. This structure was built during the 1960-61 changeover in line with and parallel to the 1959 Radio/Met Office. At the same time a connecting passage was built between this buidlgn and the Radio/Met Office, however during the 1962-63 changeover a 4' section of the passage was demolished leaving the new building with a cold porch. The building was initially used as the Radio-Meteorology Store until the 1962 changeover when it was taken over by the radio section. A telephone booth was added in 1973. The building was refurbished in 1983. The structure was vacated in 1993 with the commissioning of the new Operations Building.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 16	No. 3 Store	An insulated zincanneal panel PTB Mark III box built in 1961, south of the (now removed) No. 1 and 2 stores. Guyed to rock from four brackets on its flat roof. Used as a warm store for perishable food until 1985, when it was converted into two accommodation dongas, with pine, plywood and particleboard fittings.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 17	Gararge	The Tractor Garage was built as a timber framed, plywood sheathed building in 1961. It was described as being built to the east of the main building line, between the new Radio Hut and the Balloon Shed. The structure, as originally built, housed one vehicle (the Ferguson tractor). This would have been the central section of the existing building. However there was an immediate need to house two vehicles, and this was achieved by extending the Garage to the east, thus doubling its size. it is uncertain when this extension took place. The 1963 staion plan identifies a building located to the east of the main building line as the "Garage and Emergency Powerhouse". In 1978, part of the Garage was given to the meteorology section for storage and perishables. With the commissioning of the new Workshop in 1981, the structure was entirely converted into a store. Sections of the building were used to store solvents, acids and flammable liquids in the 1990's.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 18	CO2 Shed	In 1961, a snowfroof shelter was built for the CO2 fire extinguishers. It was described as a masonite box and was attached to the cold porch of the Engine Room (i.e. Old Recreation Hut). The 1970 station plan shows it attached to the south side of this building. It was extended in 1964, but has since been demolished (year uncertain). It was constructed as a masonite box.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 19	Gymnasium	The building was a PTB Mark III constructed from insulated zincanneal panesl. A new Powerhouse was erected during the 1961-62 changeover. It housed two Ruston 4YE40 (40kVA). the structure continued to serve the role of principle powerhouse up until 1975 when a new powerhouse was commissioned. From then until 1985 when the No. 1 Powerhouse was completed as part of the station rebuilding program, this building was used as the Emergency Powerhouse. Since then, it has been used as a diving operations store and, most recently, as the Gymnasium. In 1988, the Sauna was relocated beside this building and two showers were installed within it.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 20	Radome	This building, erected in 1962 replaced the ex-Heard Island Rawin Hut. It was originally located to the west of this earlier structure and to the south of the main station complex, where it housed the radio theodolite. In the late 1970's, the Radome was moved to the east of the main building line. It continued to be used for its original purpose in this new location until replaced by the present structure in 1992. At this time it was discarded and moved to the west of the Magnetic Absolute Building to make way for the new Meteorlogy Centre. It was no longer in use in 1996. It was made from glass reinforced plastic segments.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 21	Old Kitchen and Mess Hut	A PTB Mark III building type constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. The need for a new mess and kitchen was identified within five years of establishing the staion and the erection of the first Community Hut. In 1961, it was recommended that the area between the Sleeping Quarters and the new Powerhouse should be utilised to house a mess, kitchen, pantry, library, record player, table tennis table, bathroom, laundry, darkroom, carpentry area, hobbies room and refrigeration room. This would have involved the removal of both the Community Hut and the Recreation (ex-Engine House) Building. However, in the event, only the Community Hut was demolished and a mess and kitchen were built on the same site. The Old Kitchen and Mess was one of the few buildings constructed with a sloping roof which meant that it was kept clear of drift snow. A connection was built between the new building and the Sleeping Quarters. This consisted of a short passage flanked by a Bathroom (to the west) and an Office (to the east). the space between the Mess and the Recreation Room was enclosed using Community Hut panels in 1964. The building was superceded by the new Living Quarters in 1980. After that time, it was converted into four dongas and from then on was referred to as part of the Main Donga Line.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 22	Office / Cold Porch / Bathroom	The building was constructed from zincanneal sheets on timber frames and was an addition which replaced the original station bathroom which was located in the Engine room/Workshop. When the latter structure was converted into a Recreation Room, expeditioners had to walk through the Mess to the Bathroom. A new section between the new Mess/Kitchen and the Sleeping Quarters overcame this problem. This structure housed a short passage or cold porch flanked on the west by a bathroom and to the east by an office. The passage opened into the Sleeping Quarters at its north end, and the mess/Kitchen to the South.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 23	Sauna	This was a PTB Mark III type building constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. It was erected as a Cold Store in 1963 at the rear of the No. 3 Store. The structure served its original purpose until being replaced by the new Stores Building in 1985. It was subsequently converted into a Sauna and moved to its present location beside the Gymnasium in 1988. The building remained in service as a Sauna.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 24	Auroral and Glaciology Hut	This hut replaced the original Auroral Hut and was located some distance to the south of the main station complex. It served its original function throughout the life of the old station. A description of the old station in 1984 refers to the Upper Atmospherics Physics (UAP) Building being housed in an old style container. This is almost certainly the Auroral-Glaciology Hut. In 1985, there was a reference to the placement and fitting of a UAP container (this is likely to be a second structure, as two such containers were in existence in 1987). An urgent replacement for the UAP building was recomended in the same year, yet by 1992, one of the these containers was transferred to Casey station, while a second was moved down the hill to near the site of the new water tanks where it is used to house the hydroponics unit.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 25	Fire Pump Hut	This structure was built on the re-occupation of the station in 1969 against the south wall of the 1962 Powerhouse. It was replaced in 1978 when a new Fire Pumphouse was built using spare Living Quarters (LQ) panels from the station rebuilding program. This new structure now sits on top of the Gymnasium. It appears that the 1969 fire Pump Hut was demolished at this time.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 26	Old Paint Store	An octagonal, timber framed and plywood sheeted hut with Dufaylite insulation, built on Oregon foundation timbers and hardwood posts. Guyed to rocks from four eye bolts on the roof. Built as the 'Rawin Hut' at Heard Island to house the radio theodolite, re-erected at Mawson station in 1955, moved to Davis station in 1959. Soon too deteriorated to serve this purpose, and used as an unheated store for paint or clothing since 1963 and a heated music room since 2000.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 27	Micropulsation	This was most likely built in 1970 to the west of the Auroral-Glaciology Hut. It was probably demolished during the station rebuilding program in 1992 or 1993 to make way for the new fuel farm.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 28	Old Surgery	This building is a PTB mark III constructed from Insulated zincanneal panels. This structure was originally erected at Wilkes staion in early 1962 where it served as the cosmic ray and glaciology building. It was dismantled in 1969 and returned to Australia to be converted into the new medical building for Davis. the building was erected at Davis in 1971 to the north of the Sleeping Quarters. Upon completion, it replaced the original 1960 Surgery which then became the OIC'ery. The building was used as a surgery/medical building up until 1990 when the new Sleeping Medical Quarters Building was commissioned.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 29	Remote Transmitter Hut	An insulated zincanneal panel timber-framed PTB Mark III box built in 1972 to the northeast of the main station complex. Contains shelves housing radio equipment, and has a 1.3m wide deck outside its southern wall. Built on timber bearers on steel beams attached by metal supports to concrete foundation pads. Guyed to rock from brackets at the roof corners.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 30	Electrical Store	Identical to the Remote Transmitter Hut and Scientific Store; built in 1972 as a storeroom. Converted into two sleeping dongas in 1982, when it was joined by freezer panels to the Scientific Store.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 31	Scientific Store	Identical to the Remote Transmitter Hut and Electrical Store; built in 1972 as a storeroom. Converted into two sleeping dongas in 1982, when it was joined by freezer panels to the Electrical Store.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 32	Desalination Building	The location of this structure is uncertain. It is probably that it was demolished shortly after a new desalination building (now known as 'The Beach House' or 'Toad Hall')was built in 1978.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 33	Emergency Radio Transmitter	The first documented use of this structure is as a temporary biology hut (the smaller of two). It appers to be one of the structures shown as an amendment to the 1971 station plan marked as 'temporary building (1973) Biology'. These are shown on the plan immediately to the south of the OIC'ery. However the building appears to have been an existing portable structure on-station, whereas the other temporary biology hut was shipped to Davis on the Nella Dan in 1973. The hut was relocated in 1976 up the hill east of the main building line and near the western apex mast of the main receiving rhombic aerial. It was converted for use as the Emergency Radio Transmitter and housed a Collins KVM-2 tranceiver. The structure was moved again in 1992, this time to a site south of the new water tanks. Here it was attached to on eof the form UAP containers to serve as a cold porch/storage area for the hydroponics unit.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 34	Radio - Tech Workshop	This building is a PTB Mark III constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. It was brought down on the Nella Dan in February 1973 and erected that month. It is one of the two structures show in the 1971 station plan as "Temporary Buildings (1973) Biology'. On the plan it is located to the south of the then OIC'ery. In 1976, the structure was used as the Plumbers Workshop. In that same year it was recomended that the building be relocated due to snow drift problems. This occurred three years later when it was moved alongside the Radio Hut and occupied by the radio technician as his workshop. An extension was ade to the workshop in the 1985-86 season suing surplus green freezer panels originally intended for the new Stores Building or Services Building. The structure was vacated with the commissioning of the new Operations Building in 1993.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 35	Magnetic Absolute Building	This building is a truncated pyramid constructed from plywood panels on timber frames. It was erected in 1973-74. Apart from the changes to equipment, the re-hanging of the door and teh introduction of a second sighting hole in the west wall, the structure is largely in its original form.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 36	Biology Laboratory	A one-off yellow fibreglass panel four-roomed building with twelve windows, erected in 1974. Fixed to concrete foundation pads by steel plates. A 6 m shipping container was attached as an annexe in 1984, along with other additions on the northern end. Used as a field store since 2000.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 37	Emergency Powerhouse	A Hardiflex (asbestos) clad insulated panel Gimesey building (square with a gabled roof) which served as the main powerhouse from 1976 to 1985. Since then, it has been the emergency powerhouse. A single room within an unlined internal metal frame.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 38	Old Platcha Hut (Platcha Refuge)	A 1.83m x 2.13m x 2.74m orange/red insulated softwood frame two-berth caravan. Station-built and towed on a crude timber sledge in May 1961 to the upper reaches of Long Fjord, to service the first ANARE remote weather station. Guyed to rocks by cables. Used as a field refuge since 1962. Partly restored in 1988. Caravan now used as overflow accommodation and toilet for a newer refuge. Sledge remains beneath the original hut.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 39	Brooke's Hut	A station-built PTB Mark III box (cement-clad, polystyrene insulated, timber framed) made from scrap material which Ray Brookes, station carpenter, towed to the shore of Shirokaya Bay, Long Fjord in 1972 and 1974, as a biologists shelter. Became a general purpose field refuge. Re-cladded galvanised iron roof with angle irons guyed to rocks. Cold porch added in 1983, and an accommodation extension in 1991.	Davis Station Artefacts
DSB 40	Watts Hut (Refuge)	A PTB Mark III box built at Watts Lake in 1976, painted red. Rests on railway sleepers. Guyed to rock from two roof corner brackets. Cold porch added in 1983, and an accommodation extension in 1989.	Davis Station Artefacts
MAW 27	Surgery		Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 01	Electricians' Workshop	The first hut built at the station, in 1954. A 7.3 m x 3.6 m aluminium panelled, flat roofed Post-Tensioned Box Mark III built on railway sleepers and bedrock. A cold porch, office, workshop and store. Wooden platforms along two walls, and metal brackets for internal support. Triple glazed perspex windows, now blocked up.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 02	Electrical Store	Post tensioned and guyed pitched-roof 7.3 m x 3.6 m plywood stores building (Mark III) erected in 1954 on railway sleepers and bedrock. Only one remaining of a row of five originally running from the radio hut to the sea. Yellow and orange.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 04	Biscoe Hut	A 7.9 m x 7.9 m pitched-roof Norwegian, British and Swedish Expedition hut made by the Norsk Polar Institute, and brought to the station in 1954. Pre cut timber, sheeted with timber boards externally and Masonite internally. Originally used as an LQ, rooms have since been used for drying and sledges, brewery, brewery store, sewing room, field store, cold porch, laundry and a carpenters shop. A 5 m annex (1955) connects the building with the Weddell Hut.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 10	Hangar	A purpose-built 19.5 m x 19.5 m prefabricated building with a gently pitched roof, designed to store RAAF wheel/ski or float planes. Erected directly on bedrock in 1956 with an open web joist steel frame clad with corrugated and galvanised steel, and a full width vertical folding door. Seven spaces other than the main hangar, including one floor made from wooden packing cases stamped RAAF Antarctica, DAK, various tyres and other spares.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 13	Wilkins	One of four PTB Mark IV accommodation buildings erected in 1957, of which two survive. An 8.2 m x 4.5 m flat-roofed insulated aluminium clad panelled building on a wooden frame. A cold porch, corridor and shower recess, and six dongas with beds, wardrobes and expeditioner-made furniture.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 14	Shackleton	An 8.2 m x 4.5 m Mark IV flat-roofed accommodation building of insulated aluminium clad panels attached to a wooden frame, erected in 1957. Bracketed to wooden joists on railway sleeper stacks, and guyed from the roof and one joist. A cold porch, corridor, five dongas with beds, wardrobes and other fittings, and a lounge.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 32	Dovers	A 1969 PTB Mark III building, 9.7 m x 5.4 m, in the final form of the Mark III style: on pipe-scaffold foundations and zincanneal steel clad. Five sleeping cubicles, ablutions and OICery (officer-in-charges bedroom and office).	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 34	Cosray	A 16.4 m x 7.3 m PTB Mark III pitched-roof building finished in 1972 and designed to house Geiger counters recording cosmic rays. Located away from station, in a vehicle restriction zone, to prevent interference. Zincanneal panels with double-thick (6") insulation. An 11 m shaft to a seismic vault and an underground observatory area, lined with timber from a demolished Riometer aerial.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 37	Wombat	An experimental building type of Hardiflex asbestos-clad insulated panel, with insulated scaffold tube stumps and a rectangular hollow section steel framed insulated panel, intended to replace the PTB zincanneal style. Erected in 1976, the 9.4 m x 9.4 m structure has five rooms/workshops, a corridor and cold porch. Pitched roof, bolted via steel girders to galvanised steep scaffold pipes set into bedrock, and accessed via metal steps and platforms. Exterior coated in yellow/brown resin.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 38	Transmitter Building	Asbestos-clad 9.4 m x 7.3 m building erected in 1976 in the same style as the Wombat laboratories. A workshop and a transmitter room with banks of HF transmitters.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 39	Dog platform and hut	Wooden platform on wooden joists on galvanised scaffold, northwest of the old station core, drilled into bedrock in 1976 to store drums of seal meat and boxes of pemmican for dog food. Seals not shot since the mid-1980s, but the P.I.D. field hut moved here in 1976 still smells of seal meat. Asbestos cement panel dog hut built in the same year, originally used at West Bay for glaciology.	Mawson Station Artefacts
Maw 40	Doglines		Mawson Station Artefacts

03/251

Station Model - Mawson

Designed & built in Hobart in 1994. An accurate scale model of the station, in a perspex case with stand.

Antarctic Division Library Artefacts

CDAH

Absolute Magnetic Hut

The Absolute Magnetic Hut, erected in February 1912, is a deteriorated ruin consisting of only a complete south wall with portions of the east wall and the framing of the north and west walls. The frame was constructed of leftover Oregon timber with timber boarding and tar paper lining. The plan is 1.8 meter square, sited on a rock shelf and originally anchored to the ground. The skillion roof was removed by BANZARE expeditioners in January 1931. (Mawson's Huts Historic Site Management Plan 2007 - 2012 p. 13)

Cape Denison Artefacts

CDMAGH

Magnetograph House

This structure is rectangular in plan and measures 5,500 x 2,000 mm. It has a shallow pitched skillion roof with no wirndows. The entry was constructed as a double porch with three doorsets, to assist in the maintenance of the constant internal temperature. A copper ventilator was installed on the roof over the porch for the same reason. The external door was a double "stable" ship's door taken from the wreck of the "Clyde" on Macquarie Island. The equipment was set into the rock to ensure a level surface. Magnetic measurements were collected from the Magnetograph House on a daily basis, usually by Eric Webb, the chief magnetician, but also by Bage.

Cape Denison Artefacts

CDMH

Main Hut

Following the decision to combine two expedition bases, the construction of the Main Hut utilised two huts originally meant for accommodation. The largest pyramid roofed hut, supplied by George Hudson and Son (described as the Living Hut), was used to accommodate the entire 18 man party. The other hip-roofed hut from Adelaide was utilised as a workshop. Both sections of the Main Hut were constructed with an Oregon timber frame of larger than normal sections, with bolted connections at each junction. Both had internal linings of tongue and groove Baltic pine boarding. Sheets of tar paper lining were used as additional wind protection under the external roof and and wall boards.

The living section was a single space 24 feet x 24 feet (7.3 m x 7.3 m) with a pyramid roof over, supported in the centre by four 100 mm x 100mm posts. A five foot (1.5 m) wide verandah surrounded the structure on three sides under the same roof. The verandah area was used as a biological, food and general store and assisted in insulating the section. Entry was via the workshop. The timber framing structure was bedded into holes excavated into the rock with explosives. It has been claimed that urine was used to freeze the stumps into the rock and 50 tons of stones were placed between the stumps.

Internally, the living section provided sleeping and living facilities. Double bunks were located around the perimeter of the room, with a small area along the southern wall partitioned off as a private bedroom and workspace for Mawson. A Smith and Wellstood cooking stove and bench were positioned along the northern wall, along with a small darkroom. The dining table was located centrally and provided a strong focal point for social and work activities inside the hut. A storage platform was constructed over the dining table, utilising the four roof support posts.

The workshop was attached to the northern side of the living section. It was rectangular in plan, 18 x 16 feet (5.5 m x 4.9 m) with a hip roof and a five foot wide verandah on the east and west sides. The workshop was fitted with laboratory benches, a lathe, sewing machine, wireless operator's bench, DC and AC generators and an engine. The eastern verandah was used as sleping quarters for the dogs, while the western verandah was largely entrance circulation, although it also contained access to the roof and cellar as well as a latrine.

Another change made during the construction of the Main Hut was the attachment of a low flat-roofed "hangar" to the western side of the living section to provide protection for the air tractor amd additional storage. It was constructed from double rows of storage boxes, between which snow was rammed, and a roof of packing case timbers.

Artificial lighting was provided by an acetylene generator(supported on the central platform). Heating was provided by the main stove, kept alight continuously by coal and seal blubber. Ventilation was provided by the stove flue, opening dooors and a louvred ventilator in the workshop.

Natural light was provided by four skylights over the living section and two over the workshop. Access in winter was gained via ice tunnels or a roof trapdoor in the workshop's western verandah.

Cape Denison Artefacts

CDTH

Transit Hut

The Transit Hut is located approximately 30 m to the northeast of the Main Hut on a 900mm high rock ledge. The hut was constructed of an Oregon frame with metal shelf brackets to assist as bracing. It was lined externally with packing case timbers. The structure had one door in the northeast corner. Additionally, there was a narrow slot in the roof and upper part of the north and souh elevations to assist observations. The structure was clad in sheepskin and canvas.

The Transit Hut was originally known as the Astronomical Observatory. Construction of this structure commenced in MAy 1913. Its purpose was to take star sights by theodolite to determine the exact longitude of Cape Denison. The structure contained a "10 inch transit instrument" , which was given to the expedition by the Government Astronomer. This was positioned in a 225 mm square timber pillar and set into the rock.

Cape Denison Artefacts

DSB 01

Old Recreation Hut

A PTB mark III type building with insulated plywood panels. This structure was part of the original 1957 station and was built as the Engine Room/Workshop. It initially housed the Lister 15kVA generator plant (which sat upon concrete beds) and the station bathroom which was accessed from a cold porch. There was also a small store/office in the south west comer adjoining the bathroom. The original bonded plywood flooring of the workshop and bathroom spaces was covered by a concrete floor during the first year of station operations. The building was superseded in 1962 by a new Powerhouse. At that time, the engines were removed and a new floor was built over the top of the concrete engine beds. The small store/office was then converted into a darkroom. (It was intended to build a new darkroom in the new Mess, but instead the old one in the Recreation Room was re built.) The building served as a temporary mess when the Community Hut was demolished in that same year (1962). The building was remodelled in 1963. A 1970 plan of the building shows it with a bar in the north west corner and three rooms along the south wall (darkroom at east; library in middle; unidentified [probably cold porch] at west). With the commissioning of the new Living Quarters (LQ) Building in 1980, the building, like the adjacent Kitchen/Mess, was converted into four dongas. The darkroom was retained and expanded to include the library space. From that time onwards, the building was known as part of the Main Donga Line. For a detailed description of the fabric of the building see Rando and Davies, Davis Station Heritage Study.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 02

Old Carpenter's Workshop

A PTB Mark III type building with insulated plywood panels. The old Carpenter's Workshop was erected in 1957 as the first Ballon Hut. Two years later, the structure was superseded by a new Balloon Hut and it was subsequently dismantled and re-erected at the rear of the Engine House as the Carpenters Workshop. In 1962, the carpentry equipment was moved out and the structure was used to store coke though towards the end of the year it was once again used as the Carpenter's workshop. An extension was added to the rear of the building in 1974. In 1981, a new Workshop was commissioned as part of the station rebuilding program. At this time, the building was converted into a Drying Room. It served this purpose up until 1992 when the 'Old Donga Line' was finally abandoned. It was demolished in 2004

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 03

Sleeping Hut

A PTB Mark IV type building made from insulated aluminium and zincanneal panels. This was the first building erected at Davis station. Soon after its construction it was connected to the Community Hut via a corridor. It housed five men in its original form. a further four sleeping cubicles were added in 1958. This extension involved the removal of the northern end-section, the insertion of new panels and then reinstating of the original end-section. The building was extended yet again in 1964 by a further four cubicles giveing a total of thirteen dongas. This seond extension necessitated the relocation of the adjacent Surgery, which was moved 20' to the east. A cold porch was then added to the north wall of the extended Sleeping Quarters. This also served as a passageway link to the Surgery. Another cold porch was later added to the southeast corner. The building continued to serve as accommodation until the new Sleepint Medical Quarters (SMQ) Building was commissioned in 1992. After that time it was briefly used to store surplus scientific chemcials after which it was no longer used.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 04

No. 1 Store

A PTB Mark III type building made from insulated plywood panels. This building formed part of the original station. It was located some distance to the south of the main building line as a precaution against the fire (it could serve as a temporary shelter if the main line burned down). The building served most of its life as a hardware store. After the construction of a further two stores buidlngs, it was usually referred to as the No. 1 Store. It was demolished in 1988 once all of its stores had been transferred to the new stores building.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 05

Community Hut

When erected in 1957, this building housed the meterology and radio offices, the kitchen, dining room, pantry and a cold porch. The structure was never very satisfactory. It had major leak problems in 1958 and the exterior panels facing the sea were in need of replacement in 1960. the building offered only 'limited facilities' and in 1960 it was recommended that it be used as a recreation hut. Instead, it was demolished in 1962. The recommendation that part of the structure be re-erected north of the garage as an emergency store was not acted upon.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 06

Balloon Theodolite Shelter

This structure was built in 1957. It was never considered part of the main station complex, being located some distance to the east of the station proper. It served its original purpose until 1994 when the new Balloon Theodolite Shelter was commissioned. It was dumped on its side near the new Incinerator building some time after that.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 07

Auroral Hut

This is a PTB Mark III type building made from insulated plywood panels. This building was erected in 1957 and was originally located to the east of the main line of buildings. During 1961 it was used as a paint and ether store and in 1962 as a store for meteorological records. it was replaced in 1964 by the new Auroral/Glaciology Hut. The function of the building after it was re-opened, reference is made to an Astrodome Shelter. This would concur with the identification in a 1970 map of the 'Theodolite Dome'. In 1976, the structure was used to house obsolete radio equipment.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 08

Community Hut / Engine Room Enclosure

A link was soon erected between the Community Hut and the Engine Room. It was described as a corridor and passageway, however, additional space must have been enclosed to form a darkroom. This corridor provided access to the bathroom which was then located in the Engine Room Building. This enclosure would have been remvoed when the Community Hut was demolished in 1962. The dark room equipment was moved into the Engine Room when this was converted into the Recreation Room. although the intention was to locate the darkroom in the new Kitchen-Mess, this never occurred.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 09

Met Office

This was a PTB Mark III type building constructed from insulated plywood panels. Initially, the radio and meteorology offices were located in a room in the 1957 Community Hut. However, with the completion of a new Radio and Meteorology Hut in 1959, this room was dismantled to become a kitchen and pantry. The Radio and Meteorology Hut was sited at the northern end of the main building line. A partition wall was erected inside it to spearate the two uses. In 1961, a new Radio Hut was built in line with and parallel to the Radio and Meteorolgoy Hut. After removal of radio operations to this new hut, the 1959 structure was used exclusively as the Met Office. A connecting passageway was constructed between the two neighbouring buldings in the same year, however all but a 4' section of this attached to the Radio Hut was dismantled in the following year. The Met Office was extended to the east in 1982 to accomodate the met technician. The last use of the building was for donga accomodation.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 10

No. 2 Store

This building,the second store at Davis, was built in 1959 for use as a warm store. I that year a ference was made to stairs and a laundry platform being added to this new structure. In 1961 it stored vegetables, tinned food and field equipment, yet even by this early stage, its condition was reported as being quite deteriorated with buckled plywood panels and a large hole in the floor. By the following year the buildng was formally serving two roles, with unheated food being stored. For a detailed description of the fabric of the building see Rando and Davies, Davis Station Heritage Study.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 11

Paint Store (Clothing Store)

The building was timber framed construction sheeted with plywood. This building was originally erected at Heard Island where it was known as the Rawin Hut. It was transfered to Mawson station in 1955 where it served the same purpose. the building was transferred yet again, this time to Davis station in 1959. The 1959 station report notes that it, "...was the third time this hut was put up". In 1960, the hut was described as being in extremely poor condition due to its age. As such, it was decided to build a replacment structure - the Radome - in 1962. From then onwards, the old structure was used as a non-metallic store which required no heating. It was used as a Paint Store in 1963 and as a Clothing Store during the 1970's. Although it was used to store paint, the names Paint Store and Clothing Store were used interchangeably.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 12

Latrine

The building was a PTB Mark III design constructed with insulated plywood panels. The Latrine was constructed in 1959 to the west of the Recreation room. A structure appears in the same location throughout the life of the station. The building was an ANARE "Standard Latrine" design.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 13

Old Balloon Hut

The building is a PTB Mark III type constructed with insulated plywood panels. A two-roomed insulated plywood panel Post Tensioned Box (PTB) Mark III building erected on a concrete foundation pad in 1959. Contains shelving and gas and electrical fittings. Largely rebuilt in 1982 but generally unaltered from its original state, other than various successive colours of paint. Guyed from the roof by corner brackets. Used for meteorology until 1994.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 14

Old OIC'ery

The building was a PTB Mark III type constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. This building, the original Surgery at Davis, was constructed north of the sleeping Quarters in 1960. In 1964 it was moved 20' to the east of its original location to allow the Sleeping Quarters to be extended. A porch was then added which linked the building to the quarters. A glass conservatory was added to the north wall window in 1969. With the commissioning of a new Surgery in the following year, it was recommended that this building be used as an electrical workshop. This did not occur, and building was converted for use as the OIC'ery in 1971, though it was also used as an electrical store during that year. The building was known as the OIC'ery from that year onwards. The glass house was removed in 1979.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 15

Radio Hut

The building is a PTB Mark III constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. This structure was built during the 1960-61 changeover in line with and parallel to the 1959 Radio/Met Office. At the same time a connecting passage was built between this buidlgn and the Radio/Met Office, however during the 1962-63 changeover a 4' section of the passage was demolished leaving the new building with a cold porch. The building was initially used as the Radio-Meteorology Store until the 1962 changeover when it was taken over by the radio section. A telephone booth was added in 1973. The building was refurbished in 1983. The structure was vacated in 1993 with the commissioning of the new Operations Building.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 16

No. 3 Store

An insulated zincanneal panel PTB Mark III box built in 1961, south of the (now removed) No. 1 and 2 stores. Guyed to rock from four brackets on its flat roof. Used as a warm store for perishable food until 1985, when it was converted into two accommodation dongas, with pine, plywood and particleboard fittings.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 17

Gararge

The Tractor Garage was built as a timber framed, plywood sheathed building in 1961. It was described as being built to the east of the main building line, between the new Radio Hut and the Balloon Shed. The structure, as originally built, housed one vehicle (the Ferguson tractor). This would have been the central section of the existing building. However there was an immediate need to house two vehicles, and this was achieved by extending the Garage to the east, thus doubling its size. it is uncertain when this extension took place. The 1963 staion plan identifies a building located to the east of the main building line as the "Garage and Emergency Powerhouse". In 1978, part of the Garage was given to the meteorology section for storage and perishables. With the commissioning of the new Workshop in 1981, the structure was entirely converted into a store. Sections of the building were used to store solvents, acids and flammable liquids in the 1990's.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 18

CO2 Shed

In 1961, a snowfroof shelter was built for the CO2 fire extinguishers. It was described as a masonite box and was attached to the cold porch of the Engine Room (i.e. Old Recreation Hut). The 1970 station plan shows it attached to the south side of this building. It was extended in 1964, but has since been demolished (year uncertain). It was constructed as a masonite box.

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DSB 19

Gymnasium

The building was a PTB Mark III constructed from insulated zincanneal panesl. A new Powerhouse was erected during the 1961-62 changeover. It housed two Ruston 4YE40 (40kVA). the structure continued to serve the role of principle powerhouse up until 1975 when a new powerhouse was commissioned. From then until 1985 when the No. 1 Powerhouse was completed as part of the station rebuilding program, this building was used as the Emergency Powerhouse. Since then, it has been used as a diving operations store and, most recently, as the Gymnasium. In 1988, the Sauna was relocated beside this building and two showers were installed within it.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 20

Radome

This building, erected in 1962 replaced the ex-Heard Island Rawin Hut. It was originally located to the west of this earlier structure and to the south of the main station complex, where it housed the radio theodolite. In the late 1970's, the Radome was moved to the east of the main building line. It continued to be used for its original purpose in this new location until replaced by the present structure in 1992. At this time it was discarded and moved to the west of the Magnetic Absolute Building to make way for the new Meteorlogy Centre. It was no longer in use in 1996. It was made from glass reinforced plastic segments.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 21

Old Kitchen and Mess Hut

A PTB Mark III building type constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. The need for a new mess and kitchen was identified within five years of establishing the staion and the erection of the first Community Hut. In 1961, it was recommended that the area between the Sleeping Quarters and the new Powerhouse should be utilised to house a mess, kitchen, pantry, library, record player, table tennis table, bathroom, laundry, darkroom, carpentry area, hobbies room and refrigeration room. This would have involved the removal of both the Community Hut and the Recreation (ex-Engine House) Building. However, in the event, only the Community Hut was demolished and a mess and kitchen were built on the same site. The Old Kitchen and Mess was one of the few buildings constructed with a sloping roof which meant that it was kept clear of drift snow. A connection was built between the new building and the Sleeping Quarters. This consisted of a short passage flanked by a Bathroom (to the west) and an Office (to the east). the space between the Mess and the Recreation Room was enclosed using Community Hut panels in 1964. The building was superceded by the new Living Quarters in 1980. After that time, it was converted into four dongas and from then on was referred to as part of the Main Donga Line.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 22

Office / Cold Porch / Bathroom

The building was constructed from zincanneal sheets on timber frames and was an addition which replaced the original station bathroom which was located in the Engine room/Workshop. When the latter structure was converted into a Recreation Room, expeditioners had to walk through the Mess to the Bathroom. A new section between the new Mess/Kitchen and the Sleeping Quarters overcame this problem. This structure housed a short passage or cold porch flanked on the west by a bathroom and to the east by an office. The passage opened into the Sleeping Quarters at its north end, and the mess/Kitchen to the South.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 23

Sauna

This was a PTB Mark III type building constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. It was erected as a Cold Store in 1963 at the rear of the No. 3 Store. The structure served its original purpose until being replaced by the new Stores Building in 1985. It was subsequently converted into a Sauna and moved to its present location beside the Gymnasium in 1988. The building remained in service as a Sauna.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 24

Auroral and Glaciology Hut

This hut replaced the original Auroral Hut and was located some distance to the south of the main station complex. It served its original function throughout the life of the old station. A description of the old station in 1984 refers to the Upper Atmospherics Physics (UAP) Building being housed in an old style container. This is almost certainly the Auroral-Glaciology Hut. In 1985, there was a reference to the placement and fitting of a UAP container (this is likely to be a second structure, as two such containers were in existence in 1987). An urgent replacement for the UAP building was recomended in the same year, yet by 1992, one of the these containers was transferred to Casey station, while a second was moved down the hill to near the site of the new water tanks where it is used to house the hydroponics unit.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 25

Fire Pump Hut

This structure was built on the re-occupation of the station in 1969 against the south wall of the 1962 Powerhouse. It was replaced in 1978 when a new Fire Pumphouse was built using spare Living Quarters (LQ) panels from the station rebuilding program. This new structure now sits on top of the Gymnasium. It appears that the 1969 fire Pump Hut was demolished at this time.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 26

Old Paint Store

An octagonal, timber framed and plywood sheeted hut with Dufaylite insulation, built on Oregon foundation timbers and hardwood posts. Guyed to rocks from four eye bolts on the roof. Built as the 'Rawin Hut' at Heard Island to house the radio theodolite, re-erected at Mawson station in 1955, moved to Davis station in 1959. Soon too deteriorated to serve this purpose, and used as an unheated store for paint or clothing since 1963 and a heated music room since 2000.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 27

Micropulsation

This was most likely built in 1970 to the west of the Auroral-Glaciology Hut. It was probably demolished during the station rebuilding program in 1992 or 1993 to make way for the new fuel farm.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 28

Old Surgery

This building is a PTB mark III constructed from Insulated zincanneal panels. This structure was originally erected at Wilkes staion in early 1962 where it served as the cosmic ray and glaciology building. It was dismantled in 1969 and returned to Australia to be converted into the new medical building for Davis. the building was erected at Davis in 1971 to the north of the Sleeping Quarters. Upon completion, it replaced the original 1960 Surgery which then became the OIC'ery. The building was used as a surgery/medical building up until 1990 when the new Sleeping Medical Quarters Building was commissioned.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 29

Remote Transmitter Hut

An insulated zincanneal panel timber-framed PTB Mark III box built in 1972 to the northeast of the main station complex. Contains shelves housing radio equipment, and has a 1.3m wide deck outside its southern wall. Built on timber bearers on steel beams attached by metal supports to concrete foundation pads. Guyed to rock from brackets at the roof corners.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 30

Electrical Store

Identical to the Remote Transmitter Hut and Scientific Store; built in 1972 as a storeroom. Converted into two sleeping dongas in 1982, when it was joined by freezer panels to the Scientific Store.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 31

Scientific Store

Identical to the Remote Transmitter Hut and Electrical Store; built in 1972 as a storeroom. Converted into two sleeping dongas in 1982, when it was joined by freezer panels to the Electrical Store.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 32

Desalination Building

The location of this structure is uncertain. It is probably that it was demolished shortly after a new desalination building (now known as 'The Beach House' or 'Toad Hall')was built in 1978.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 33

Emergency Radio Transmitter

The first documented use of this structure is as a temporary biology hut (the smaller of two). It appers to be one of the structures shown as an amendment to the 1971 station plan marked as 'temporary building (1973) Biology'. These are shown on the plan immediately to the south of the OIC'ery. However the building appears to have been an existing portable structure on-station, whereas the other temporary biology hut was shipped to Davis on the Nella Dan in 1973. The hut was relocated in 1976 up the hill east of the main building line and near the western apex mast of the main receiving rhombic aerial. It was converted for use as the Emergency Radio Transmitter and housed a Collins KVM-2 tranceiver. The structure was moved again in 1992, this time to a site south of the new water tanks. Here it was attached to on eof the form UAP containers to serve as a cold porch/storage area for the hydroponics unit.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 34

Radio - Tech Workshop

This building is a PTB Mark III constructed from insulated zincanneal panels. It was brought down on the Nella Dan in February 1973 and erected that month. It is one of the two structures show in the 1971 station plan as "Temporary Buildings (1973) Biology'. On the plan it is located to the south of the then OIC'ery. In 1976, the structure was used as the Plumbers Workshop. In that same year it was recomended that the building be relocated due to snow drift problems. This occurred three years later when it was moved alongside the Radio Hut and occupied by the radio technician as his workshop. An extension was ade to the workshop in the 1985-86 season suing surplus green freezer panels originally intended for the new Stores Building or Services Building. The structure was vacated with the commissioning of the new Operations Building in 1993.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 35

Magnetic Absolute Building

This building is a truncated pyramid constructed from plywood panels on timber frames. It was erected in 1973-74. Apart from the changes to equipment, the re-hanging of the door and teh introduction of a second sighting hole in the west wall, the structure is largely in its original form.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 36

Biology Laboratory

A one-off yellow fibreglass panel four-roomed building with twelve windows, erected in 1974. Fixed to concrete foundation pads by steel plates. A 6 m shipping container was attached as an annexe in 1984, along with other additions on the northern end. Used as a field store since 2000.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 37

Emergency Powerhouse

A Hardiflex (asbestos) clad insulated panel Gimesey building (square with a gabled roof) which served as the main powerhouse from 1976 to 1985. Since then, it has been the emergency powerhouse. A single room within an unlined internal metal frame.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 38

Old Platcha Hut (Platcha Refuge)

A 1.83m x 2.13m x 2.74m orange/red insulated softwood frame two-berth caravan. Station-built and towed on a crude timber sledge in May 1961 to the upper reaches of Long Fjord, to service the first ANARE remote weather station. Guyed to rocks by cables. Used as a field refuge since 1962. Partly restored in 1988. Caravan now used as overflow accommodation and toilet for a newer refuge. Sledge remains beneath the original hut.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 39

Brooke's Hut

A station-built PTB Mark III box (cement-clad, polystyrene insulated, timber framed) made from scrap material which Ray Brookes, station carpenter, towed to the shore of Shirokaya Bay, Long Fjord in 1972 and 1974, as a biologists shelter. Became a general purpose field refuge. Re-cladded galvanised iron roof with angle irons guyed to rocks. Cold porch added in 1983, and an accommodation extension in 1991.

Davis Station Artefacts

DSB 40

Watts Hut (Refuge)

A PTB Mark III box built at Watts Lake in 1976, painted red. Rests on railway sleepers. Guyed to rock from two roof corner brackets. Cold porch added in 1983, and an accommodation extension in 1989.

Davis Station Artefacts

MAW 27

Surgery

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 01

Electricians' Workshop

The first hut built at the station, in 1954. A 7.3 m x 3.6 m aluminium panelled, flat roofed Post-Tensioned Box Mark III built on railway sleepers and bedrock. A cold porch, office, workshop and store. Wooden platforms along two walls, and metal brackets for internal support. Triple glazed perspex windows, now blocked up.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 02

Electrical Store

Post tensioned and guyed pitched-roof 7.3 m x 3.6 m plywood stores building (Mark III) erected in 1954 on railway sleepers and bedrock. Only one remaining of a row of five originally running from the radio hut to the sea. Yellow and orange.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 04

Biscoe Hut

A 7.9 m x 7.9 m pitched-roof Norwegian, British and Swedish Expedition hut made by the Norsk Polar Institute, and brought to the station in 1954. Pre cut timber, sheeted with timber boards externally and Masonite internally. Originally used as an LQ, rooms have since been used for drying and sledges, brewery, brewery store, sewing room, field store, cold porch, laundry and a carpenters shop. A 5 m annex (1955) connects the building with the Weddell Hut.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 10

Hangar

A purpose-built 19.5 m x 19.5 m prefabricated building with a gently pitched roof, designed to store RAAF wheel/ski or float planes. Erected directly on bedrock in 1956 with an open web joist steel frame clad with corrugated and galvanised steel, and a full width vertical folding door. Seven spaces other than the main hangar, including one floor made from wooden packing cases stamped RAAF Antarctica, DAK, various tyres and other spares.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 13

Wilkins

One of four PTB Mark IV accommodation buildings erected in 1957, of which two survive. An 8.2 m x 4.5 m flat-roofed insulated aluminium clad panelled building on a wooden frame. A cold porch, corridor and shower recess, and six dongas with beds, wardrobes and expeditioner-made furniture.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 14

Shackleton

An 8.2 m x 4.5 m Mark IV flat-roofed accommodation building of insulated aluminium clad panels attached to a wooden frame, erected in 1957. Bracketed to wooden joists on railway sleeper stacks, and guyed from the roof and one joist. A cold porch, corridor, five dongas with beds, wardrobes and other fittings, and a lounge.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 32

Dovers

A 1969 PTB Mark III building, 9.7 m x 5.4 m, in the final form of the Mark III style: on pipe-scaffold foundations and zincanneal steel clad. Five sleeping cubicles, ablutions and OICery (officer-in-charges bedroom and office).

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 34

Cosray

A 16.4 m x 7.3 m PTB Mark III pitched-roof building finished in 1972 and designed to house Geiger counters recording cosmic rays. Located away from station, in a vehicle restriction zone, to prevent interference. Zincanneal panels with double-thick (6") insulation. An 11 m shaft to a seismic vault and an underground observatory area, lined with timber from a demolished Riometer aerial.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 37

Wombat

An experimental building type of Hardiflex asbestos-clad insulated panel, with insulated scaffold tube stumps and a rectangular hollow section steel framed insulated panel, intended to replace the PTB zincanneal style. Erected in 1976, the 9.4 m x 9.4 m structure has five rooms/workshops, a corridor and cold porch. Pitched roof, bolted via steel girders to galvanised steep scaffold pipes set into bedrock, and accessed via metal steps and platforms. Exterior coated in yellow/brown resin.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 38

Transmitter Building

Asbestos-clad 9.4 m x 7.3 m building erected in 1976 in the same style as the Wombat laboratories. A workshop and a transmitter room with banks of HF transmitters.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 39

Dog platform and hut

Wooden platform on wooden joists on galvanised scaffold, northwest of the old station core, drilled into bedrock in 1976 to store drums of seal meat and boxes of pemmican for dog food. Seals not shot since the mid-1980s, but the P.I.D. field hut moved here in 1976 still smells of seal meat. Asbestos cement panel dog hut built in the same year, originally used at West Bay for glaciology.

Mawson Station Artefacts

Maw 40

Doglines

Mawson Station Artefacts

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