Our Antarctic traditions have a long heritage - in fact it’s been more than 75 years since of the formation of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) - now the Australian Antarctic Program.
The first ANARE landed on Heard Island on 26 December 1947. Three months later, Macquarie Island was established. ANARE led directly to the formation of the ‘Antarctic Division’ in May 1948 and the appointment of Dr Phillip Law as its first ‘Director’ in January 1949.