AURORA AUSTRALIS
The 'Trade Mark' used by Joyce and Wild on the title page of The Aurora Australis,
the first book to be written, edited, illustrated, printed, bound and issued in the Antarctic.
It was printed at the 'Sign of the Penguins' in 1907-08 at Cape Royds during Shackleton's Nimrod expedition.
Launched: 1 September 2008.
Last updated: 28 April 2010.
Click here to download the text of the Aurora Australis from the State Library of New South Wales.
Introduction. Not up yet.
Bibliography
Mentions of the Aurora in books and magazines.
Images associated with the Aurora.
Census of copies (Still a work-in-progress)
Tabular Summary.
Details by copy.
Correspondence to and from John Millard.
Collation - Stephenson copy.
Information desirable to ascertain when inspecting a copy of the Aurora.
Copies sold at auction or appearing in booksellers' catalogues. (Still a work-in-progress)
Original owners of individual copies. Not up yet.
Other output from the press at Cape Royds.
Some Aurora odds and ends.