Credits and Thanks
This Wilkes history web site is a community project. My role is pulling it together, putting it on the web, and making this amazing history as accessible as possible. If you have any connection to Wilkes and are willing to contribute in anyway I'd love to hear from you. For initial contact go to my contact page.
I am in debt to the the Wilkes old timers, and their families, who have contributed to these pages. I also can not thank the ANARE Club enough for support both on this project and in general. I encourage all people who have work with the Australian Antarctic program to become members of the ANARE Club, and become an active member.
There are 2 other Wilkes history projects underway that I know of, a documentary using archive footage from Wilkes being led by Bill Burch, Wilkes 1961, and Steve Grimsley, Wilkes 1961, is working on a book of personal accounts of Wilkes. Any material collected for the web project will be shared with these 2 projects.
Individuals I would like to thank
Wilkes Expeditioners
- Noel Barrett
- Alastair Battye
- Frank Benlein
- Harry Black
- Sebastian Borrello
- Bill Burch
- Dick Cameron
- Mike Campbell
- Graeme Currie
- David "Dan" Daniel
- Gil Dewart
- Albert Gidding
- John Gillies
- Steve Grimsley
- Ron Hann
- Olav Loken
- Allen McLaren
- Geoff Payne
- Pat Patterson
- Frank Scaysbrook
- Donald Seedsman
- Ken "Scruffy" Shennan
- Neil Simmons
- Neville Smethurst
- Doug Twigg
- John "Snow" Williams
Other Expeditioners
- Billy-Ace Baker
- Scott "Scotty Bob" Smith
- Bill Spindler
Non Expeditioners
- Mike Daniel
- Renee Edman
- Norma Green
- Connie Gray Siemen
- Andrew Sullivan
- Martin Walker
Organizations I would like to thank
ANARE Club
Bill Burch, John Gillies, Doug Twigg
Australian Antarctic Division
Jessica Fitzpatrick
Jonothan Davis, Image Library Coordinator
The National Science Foundation, United States Antarctic Program
Elaine Hood - USAP Photo Library Archivist
National Academy of Sciences
Daniel Barbiero - Manager, Archives and Records
Australia Post
Richard Breckon - Historian, Philatelic Group