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Buildings in the Australian Antarctic Territory
also helps to educate visitors about Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. "Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site (Place ID 105713)". Australian
Mawson's_Huts
Bioregion in Australia
of the more noteworthy huts include Moscow Villa Hut, Valentine Hut, Seaman's Hut, and Mawsons Hut. In recent years many huts have been lost through lack
Australian_Alps
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882–1958)
it were rediscovered by the Mawson's Huts Foundation, which works on restoring and conserving the original huts. Mawson's exploration program was carried
Douglas_Mawson
First plane taken to Antarctica
when the expedition returned home in 1913. In 2008, a team from the Mawson's Huts Foundation began searching for the remains of the air-tractor sledge;
Air-tractor_sledge
Headland of Antarctica
base. Called by Mawson "the windiest place on Earth", the site experiences fierce katabatic winds. The site, including Mawson's Huts, Boat Harbour and
Cape_Denison
Topics referred to by the same term
Coast, Antarctic coast Mawson Peak, a volcano on Heard Island Mawson Station, an Antarctic base Mawson Sea, Antarctic sea Mawson's Huts, historic Antarctic
Mawson_(disambiguation)
British soldier and explorer (1887–1912)
been jointly funded by the UK government, the Swiss government and the Mawson's Huts Foundation. The members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition spent
Belgrave_Edward_Sutton_Ninnis
National heritage register of Australia
6167; 158.85 (Macquarie Island) World Heritage Site 1997 58 Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic site (listing) Australian Antarctic Territory 27 January
National Heritage List (Australia)
National_Heritage_List_(Australia)
Swiss explorer, mountaineer, and skier
August 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011. Bickel 2000, p. 254. "History". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original
Xavier_Mertz
Sledging component of the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Riffenburgh (2009), p. 112. Mawson (1988), p. 140. Bickel (2000), pp. 109–112. "Mawson's fatal journey". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic
Far_Eastern_Party
2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine TampaGov. Retrieved May 6, 2010. "Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site (Place ID 105713)". Australian Heritage Database
1912_in_architecture
Landform on Ross Island, Antarctica
Hut Point Peninsula (77°47′S 166°51′E / 77.783°S 166.850°E / -77.783; 166.850) is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles (3.7 to 5.6 km;
Hut_Point_Peninsula
Antarctic iceberg that calved in 1987
Australian explorer Douglas Mawson who had landed at Cape Denison on January 8, 1912, and constructed a complex of huts, which remain standing. These
Iceberg_B-9
Sledge dogs working on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912
returned to the huts they found the two dogs had arrived just ahead of them, none the worse for wear. Early in September, Scott disappeared (Mawson believed
Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Dogs_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
Mountain in Tasmania, Australia
amount of club accommodation is available and there are some self-catering huts in the national park. Australia portal Mountains portal Sports portal List
Mount_Mawson
Dry valley in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Davis_Valley
Expedition to Antarctica led by Douglas Mawson, 1911–1914
subantarctic oceanography, climate, and biology. The expedition visited Mawson's huts at Cape Denison, using motorised vehicles with tracks to traverse the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
Australian artist (born 1960)
McDonald 2012 Jensen, David. ‘Wendy Sharpe’s Antarctica’, Published by Mawson's Huts Foundation 2005 Bevan, Scott. 'Battle Lines: Australian Artists at War'
Wendy_Sharpe
Antarctic station in Australian Antarctic Territory
Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica maintained by the Australian Antarctic Division
Mawson_Station
Person who moves livestock over long distances
many of the drovers would often stay in mountain huts like Daveys Hut, Whites River Hut and Mawsons Hut. In 1881, Nat Buchanan, regarded by many as the
Drover_(Australian)
Peninsula of East Antarctica
returned to the cape leading his own expedition in 1899 and erected two huts, the first human structures built in Antarctica. The expedition members overwintered
Cape_Adare
Australian Government corporation
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Director_of_National_Parks
Section of the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding islands
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Graham_Land
Australian architect
asked by Sir Douglas Mawson to design the huts for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and selected to join the expedition. The huts were prefabricated
Alfred_Hodgeman
Geographic region in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Palmer_Land
Island of the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Coronation_Island
Islet in the Balleny Islands, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Sabrina_Island_(Antarctica)
Five major transportation hubs to Antarctica
Museum and Art Gallery. Retrieved 2022-02-21. "Antarctic Festival – Mawson's Huts Foundation". Retrieved 2022-02-21. "Contacts". COMNAP. Retrieved 2022-02-27
Antarctic_gateway_cities
Australian business executive and director (1925–2008)
involved in the preservation and restoration of heritage sites, including Mawson's Huts, in Antarctica and sat on a number of prominent charity boards including
Peter_Derham
Meteorite found in Antarctica
Antarctica by Francis Howard Bickerton (1889–1954), a member of Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, which took place between 1911 and 1914
Adelie_Land_meteorite
Specially protected bay in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Port_Foster
Protected science area in Antarctica
of Mawson's Huts, which served as the base for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, organised and led by geologist Dr Douglas Mawson. It
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
Antarctic_Specially_Protected_Area
naval and ANARE expedition to survey King George V Land and reoccupy Mawson's Huts in Commonwealth Bay. The expedition proved unable to reach the Antarctic
Stuart_Campbell_(explorer)
External territory of Australia
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands
Landform on Ross Island, Antarctica
cape is the site of Shackleton's Hut, the expedition camp of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09. Shackleton's Hut (77.552929°S 166.168286°E) is a
Cape_Royds
Island in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Adelaide_Island
First woman in charge of an Australian Antarctic Station
Chinadaily US Edition. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2016. "Departure for Mawsons Huts". Australian Antarctic Division. 28 October 2002. Retrieved 7 August
Diana_Patterson
New Zealand surgeon and Antarctic explorer
caused by continuous wind. Footnotes "The people: Leslie H. Whetter". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original
Leslie_Whetter
Active volcanic island in the South Shetland archipelago
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Deception_Island
Church in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Factory Grote Reber Museum Lady Franklin Gallery Maritime Museum Tasmania Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Moonah Arts Centre Museum of Old & New Art Salamanca
Davey Street Congregational Church
Davey_Street_Congregational_Church
National park in Christmas Island
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Christmas Island National Park
Christmas_Island_National_Park
Geological feature in Antarctica
north-east–south-west direction along the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, just north of Hut Point in Ross Island, Antarctica. They were discovered and
Arrival_Heights
Research station offshoots
refuge". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 27 November 2017. "New Zealand huts and refuges". Antarctica New Zealand. newzealand.gvt.nz. Retrieved October
Antarctic_field_camps
Antarctic research station
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Cape_Hallett
Australian photographer (1885–1962)
by Douglas Mawson, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–16 led by Ernest Shackleton, and BANZARE (1929–31), again led by Mawson. His artistic
Frank_Hurley
Brisbane parkland
Environment was a walk through attraction that included a recreation of Mawson's Huts. It closed in 1994. There were also a wildlife refuge called Gondwana
South_Bank_Parklands
Antarctic research station in Cape Margerie, Adélie Land
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Port_Martin
Australian malacologist (1887–1959)
was a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under (Sir) Douglas Mawson. He travelled with Frank Hurley, Bob Bage, Eric Webb, Herbert Murphy and
Charles_Francis_Laseron
Headland in Antarctica
Scott's headquarters building still exists and is known as Scott's Hut. Scott's Hut has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 16), following
Cape_Evans
British explorer
him by Sir Douglas Mawson. Davis, John King (1919), With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, 1911–1914, London: A. Melrose, p. 170 Mawson, Douglas (1996) [1915]
F._J._Gillies
Island in Indian Ocean
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
North_Keeling
Australian geologist
(1911–1914) as geologist. He spent 17 months in Antarctica under Douglas Mawson. He was stationed at the Main Base at Commonwealth Bay. Stillwell then worked
Frank_Leslie_Stillwell
Antarctic base
Expedition Huts of Antarctica. Retrieved from "Research on the historic expedition huts of Antarctica Discovery hut Cape Royds hut cape Evans hut". Archived
Scott's_Hut
Polar glacier in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Canada_Glacier
Valley in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Balham_Valley
the sea, ships and shipbuilding Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Hobart Arctic A replica hut museum about Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
List_of_museums_in_Tasmania
Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Mount_Flora
Harbourside dock in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Factory Grote Reber Museum Lady Franklin Gallery Maritime Museum Tasmania Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Moonah Arts Centre Museum of Old & New Art Salamanca
Constitution_Dock
Island in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Lynch_Island
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Biscoe_Point
Geographical feature in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Cape_Geology
1912–1913 exploration Australian group in Antarctica
1955 compiled from aerial photographs. Geography portal Douglas Mawson "Douglas Mawson 1882-1958". Retrieved 2 June 2008. "Kennedy Peak". Geographic Names
Western_Base_party
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition, under the leadership of Douglas Mawson, left Hobart, Tasmania, on 2 December 1911 in SY Aurora. Members of the expedition
List of members of the Australasian Antarctic expedition
List_of_members_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_expedition
Protected areas in Australia
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Protected_areas_of_Australia
Valley in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Barwick_Valley
Large landmass on Macquarie Island, Australia
part of the 1911-1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Douglas Mawson in order to provide a radio link between the expedition’s main Antarctic
Wireless_Hill
Coral reefs off the coast of Western Australia
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Rowley_Shoals
Mountain in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Mount_Pond
Shot tower in Tasmania, Australia
Factory Grote Reber Museum Lady Franklin Gallery Maritime Museum Tasmania Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Moonah Arts Centre Museum of Old & New Art Salamanca
Shot_Tower,_Taroona
Scottish mariner and officer of the Royal Naval Reserve during WWI
Islands, in Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica, were named after him by Douglas Mawson, the expedition leader. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve
John_Hamilton_Blair
Australian marine park in the Rowley Shoals north-west of Broome, Western Australia
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Mermaid_Reef_Marine_Park
Island in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Hawker_Island
Australian sailor
20 August 1936, aged 47 years. "People of Aurora: F. D. Fletcher". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original
Frank_D._Fletcher
Strait in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Bransfield_Strait
Member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Cool Antarctica. Retrieved 31 July 2015. "History". Mawson's Huts Replica Museum. Mawson's Huts Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2015. "Australia Today
Eric_Webb
National park in Jervis Bay Territory, Australia
Odbert Island Clark Peninsula Frazier Islands Hawker Island Marine Plain Mawson's Huts North-eastern Bailey Peninsula Rookery Islands Scullin and Murray Monoliths
Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens
Booderee_National_Park_and_Botanic_Gardens
English-born Australian explorer and navigator (1884–1967)
1908–1909. He was captain of the Aurora and second in command of Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic expedition in 1911–1914. At the outbreak of World
John_King_Davis
Body of water on Alexander Island, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Moutonnée_Lake
Oldest operating brewery in Australia
Factory Grote Reber Museum Lady Franklin Gallery Maritime Museum Tasmania Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Moonah Arts Centre Museum of Old & New Art Salamanca
Cascade_Brewery
Australian wireless operator
study. online Friends of Mawson. Friends of Mawson. (Website) Online (excellent reading list and newsletter archive) Mawson, Douglas. The home of the
Walter_Henry_Hannam
Australian artist and painter (born 1951)
include the Obracadobra artist residency in Oaxaca City, Mexico, with Mawson's Huts Foundation to Antarctica in 2014, and an international artist residency
Bernard_Ollis
Glacier Ninnis Glacier Queen Mary Land Shackleton Ice Shelf Wireless Hill Other Adélie Land meteorite Air-tractor sledge Dogs Mawson's Huts Category
Norman_Toutcher
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
North-west White Island Antarctic Specially Protected Area
North-west_White_Island_Antarctic_Specially_Protected_Area
Peninsula of Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Clark_Peninsula
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Narębski_Point
Australian geologist and explorer
where they set up a collection of buildings subsequently known as Mawson's Huts. From there he led several expeditions into uncharted regions of Adélie
Cecil_Madigan
Ridge in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Stonethrow_Ridge
-42.8855324; 147.325343 1994 Huskies Memorial Dan Tucker Out front of Mawson's Huts Replica 42°52′59″S 147°19′56″E / 42.8830191°S 147.3322631°E / -42
List of public art in Tasmania
List_of_public_art_in_Tasmania
Australian naval officer
in King George V Land in Antarctica, was named after him by Douglas Mawson. Mawson, Douglas (1996) [1915], The home of the blizzard: the story of the Australasian
Percival_Gray
Seat of the City of Hobart government
Factory Grote Reber Museum Lady Franklin Gallery Maritime Museum Tasmania Mawson's Huts Replica Museum Moonah Arts Centre Museum of Old & New Art Salamanca
Hobart_Town_Hall
Australia Honourable Mention Harischandra Building Anuradhapura Sri Lanka Mawson's Huts Historic Site Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica Residence of Charles Prosper
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
UNESCO_Asia-Pacific_Heritage_Awards
Mountain in Palmer Land, Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Mount_Martine
Volcano in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Mount_Rittmann
(Image) Wendy Sharpe – Self-portrait in Antarctica with penguin and Mawson’s huts Martin Sharp – The thousand dollar bill (Portrait of David Gulpilil)
List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists
List_of_Archibald_Prize_2012_finalists
19th and 20th-century Australian meteorologist and businessman
Affairs in the Australian Public Service in 1910. He was then seconded to Mawson's Antarctic Expedition in the course of which he was in charge of the subantarctic
George_Ainsworth
Correll (1892–1974) was a mechanic and an assistant physicist on Sir Douglas Mawson's scientific expedition to Antarctica from 1911–1914, the Australasian Antarctic
Percy_Correll
Island in Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Charlton_Island,_Antarctica
Bay of Antarctica
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands)
Admiralty_Bay_(South_Shetland_Islands)
Mountain in Australia
packhorse and ski. It burnt down in 1979. Mt Jagungal seen from near Mawson's Hut Map of Mt Jagungal. Jagungal Wilderness Area, with Mt Jagungal visible
Mount_Jagungal
Mountain in the South Shetland Islands
Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island George V Land Mawson's Huts Victoria Land Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare
Ronald Hill (South Shetland Islands)
Ronald_Hill_(South_Shetland_Islands)
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Surname or Lastname
Scottish (common in the Northern Isles)
Scottish (common in the Northern Isles) : patronymic from the personal name Magnus.English : patronymic from the Middle English nickname or byname Mann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : patronymic from Man 8.
Male
English
English surname, transferred to forename use, DAWSON means "son of Daw (David)."
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from French maçon, MASON means "mason, stone-worker."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Mason, MAYSON means "stone-worker."
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : patronymic from the personal name Paw, a variant of Paul.
Boy/Male
English American
David's son. Surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Maw 1.English : metronymic from a form of Mould 1.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, LAWSON means "son of Law."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Having Link with Allah
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : patronymic from Raw 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Mab(be) (see Mapp).
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English, French
Renowned Land
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, and Swedish
English, Dutch, and Swedish : patronymic from a short form of English Matthew or Dutch and Swedish Mathias.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Madison.Americanized spelling of Danish and Norwegian Madsen, possibly also of Swedish Mattsson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, or a patronymic denoting the child of a parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson).English : many early examples are found with prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson’s house.Irish : usually of English origin (see above), but sometimes a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Phearsain, which is of Highland Scottish origin (see McPherson).Members of an Irish family called Parsons wre twice created earl of Rosse, first in 1718 and again in 1806. They settled in Ireland c.1590, when two brothers, William and Laurence Parsons, were granted large estates. Birr Castle, Parsonstown, became the family seat. Samuel Holden Parsons, born Lyme, CT, in 1737 was a Connecticut legislator and revolutionary war officer. Theophilius Parsons (1750–1813) was born in Byfield, MA, and was chief justice of the MA supreme court (1806–13); his son, also Theophilius, was a professor at Harvard Law School (1848–1869).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an altered spelling of Parsons.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Daw 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from the Middle English female personal name Mal, a pet form of the Norman name Mathilde (see Mould 1).English : perhaps a habitational name from a place so named in Devon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of the habitational name Marston. The two forms seem to have been used interchangeably.French : habitational name from places so called in Marne and Meuse, or from Marçon in Sarthe.
MAWSONS HUTS
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n.
A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
n.
A stone mason's hammer.
v. t.
To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
n.
A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
n.
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
n.
The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
n.
The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.
n.
A badger.
n.
That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
n.
Alt. of Bawson
n.
A mason who builds rough stonework.
n.
Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
n.
A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.
n.
The art or occupation of a mason.
n.
A large, unwieldy person.
n.
A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
n.
The collective body of matrons.
n.
A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
n.
A mason's setting maul.
n.
An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
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