Frank Leslie Stillwell

Frank Leslie Stillwell during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

Frank Leslie Stillwell OBE, (27 June 1888 – 8 February 1963) was an Australian geologist, winner of the Clarke Medal awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1951.

Stillwell was educated at Melbourne University and joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (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 at Broken Hill, New South Wales 1919–1921, as assistant geologist under Dr. Ernest C. Andrews. He mapped the Kalgoorlie, Western Australia goldfield 1927–1928.

Stillwell joined the Royal Society of Victoria 1910 and served as president 1953–1954.

References

• Frank Leslie Stillwell 1888-1963 Australian Academy of Science
• Arthur A. Wilcock, 'Stillwell, Frank Leslie (1888 - 1963)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, MUP, 1990, pp 94–95.

Australasian Antarctic Expedition Personnel Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron Cecil Madigan Douglas Mawson Archibald McLean Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy B. E. S. Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb Leslie Whetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley Sydney Jones Alexander Kennedy Morton Moyes Andrew Watson Frank Wild Macquarie Island party George Ainsworth Leslie Blake Harold Hamilton Charles Sandell Arthur Sawyer SY Aurora officers John H. Blair John King Davis Frank D. Fletcher F. J. Gillies Percival Gray Clarence Petersen de la Motte Norman Toutcher Other Hugh Evelyn Watkins Parties and vessels Far Eastern Party SY Aurora Western Base Party Places Adélie Land Cape Denison Commonwealth Bay King George V Land Macquarie Island Mertz Glacier Ninnis Glacier Queen Mary Land Shackleton Ice Shelf Wireless Hill Other Adélie Land meteorite Air-tractor sledge Mawson's Huts Category