Phillip Law (1912–2010) was born in Tallangatta, Victoria.

He showed early academic ability and, at the age of 16, became a teacher.

The NFSA's Teilo Nicholls discovered a recording in the collection featuring the voice of his great uncle – a well-known explorer in Papua New Guinea in the 1930s.

the announcer introduces Jack Hides, who gives a description of his 1935 expedition to the Strickland-Purari region of Papua, the last large unexplored area.

Dr Claude Belgon (Helmut Bakaitis) watches from the shadows as Jasper Morello (Joel Edgerton) is attacked by the creature they discover on the island.

As Jasper Morello (Joel Edgerton) reflects on the navigational error which resulted in a man’s death and may have cost Jasper his career, his wife Amelia (Jude Beaumont) hands him the letter assign

Following their collision with the airship Hieronymous and their discovery of the skeletons of its crew, Dr Claude Belgon (Helmut Bakaitis) convinces Captain Griswald (Tommy Dysa

Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, interviewed by Binny Lum in Melbourne in 1963.

Part 2 of this series, which dives into the fact and fiction behind Frank Hurley's iconic film about Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

The fact and fiction behind Frank Hurley's iconic film about Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Part 1 of 2.