John Russell hands over his Antarctic Collection to the ANARE Club
Redcliff, Qld, 1 January 2022
(All Photos supplied by Dale Jacobsen)
ANARE Club National President, George Friend, accepting part of the John Russell Collection
A small group of ANARE Club members gathered at John Russell’s place today as this 101-year-old “Antarctic Engineer” will be leaving his family home next week to go into respite care. His daughter, Sue Morgan, has done a magnificent labour of love for two years, caring for John.
While there, John handed over a box of his Antarctic collection comprising photos, papers, technical drawings, journals etc, dating back to 1949 when he first went to Macca. What a collection! What a privilege to have such history kept safe. It was overwhelming.
George Friend (National President), Dale Jacobsen (assistant editor Aurora journal), Trevor Luff (National councillor) with John Russell
George Friend, Sue Morgan (John’s daughter), Keith Morgan, Trevor Luff with John Russell
