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Australia, the International Geophysical Year and the 1959 Antarctic Treaty (2013)

Australian Journal of Politics and History
Volume: 59, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 532-546
Publication date: 2013
Language: English

DOI: 10.1111/ajph.12031

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Treaties International relations Science and politics 20th century Australia Antarctica Polar regions

Australia's experience of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in Antarctica (1957--8) tempers the dominant narrative of the IGY as a transformative event in Antarctic affairs. This article argues that the IGY was not a great rupture in Australia's relationship with Antarctica. Rather, because of a long cultural attachment to and continuing relationship with Antarctica based in concepts of national security and development, Australian government policy stubbornly adhered to the idea of territorial sovereignty. Recognising this continuity in Australia's relationship with Antarctica is important for reconfiguring our understanding of how the Antarctic Treaty took the form it did.

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