From Paul Chapman: When we sailed from Melbourne on the Thala Dan in 1958, we had a well-known journalist aboard named Osmar White. He and I competed in writing scurrilous lyrics for well-known songs. Most of them were fake gripes about conditions aboard (although we were actually having a ball) or were too offensive to […]
A Short Swim at Spit Bay By Grahame Budd What follows is a minimally edited transcript of an anecdote and a letter to the Editor that were published in Aurora (vol 11 No 4, page 12) in June 1992 – a Special Issue in honour of Phil Law’s 80th birthday. The letter to the Editor of the […]
Patrick Quilty AM wrote: My memories of Phillip Garth Law My first venture south with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) was to Macquarie Island at the end of 1968, in company with, inter alia, Martin Betts and the late Murray Price, two who would later become close friends. Thus my association with Phil Law began […]
Warwick Deacock wrote: I was a member of the 1962/3 ANARE summer expedition to Heard Island when there were three of us, Budd (leader), Stephenson (geologist) and myself( assistant scientist (climber handy man preferred !) We attempted to summit Mawson peak on Big Ben (named by Bob Dovers, son of one of Mawson surveyors.) We […]
Jim Haggart wrote: We all know of Phil’s leadership qualities and rapport with the expeditioners and this was summed up very succintly by the speaker on behalf of ANARE, Life member Malcolm Kirton at Phil’s 90th. Birthday Celebration in 2002. It was said in front of 175 people, (but not printed as part of the official […]
Brian Harvey wrote: I knew Phil as a fiercely independent person with a personal life that was very private. Some years ago I visited Phil at his home in Canterbury. Nel was still alive then however she was bedridden and Phil looked after her every need without there ever being a suggestion that she should be cared […]
