Vale Alan Brown
| Station | Year | Season |
| Casey | 1961-70 | Summer |
It is with much sadness that we advise the news that Alan Brown passed away earlier this year.
– Notified by his daughter Cynthia Brown on Tues 5 December 2023
Alan Mailler Brown
18th May 1934 – 12th April 2023
Casey 1961/70
ANARE Club member no 584
(Notified by his daughter Cynthia Brown on Tues 5 December 2023)
Alan Mailler Brown passed away earlier this year in April from Parkinson’s and major Stroke damage after a long battle being in care for the past 7 years.
Alan graduated from Melbourne University in Mechanical Engineering in 1958, after which he was employed at the Commonwealth Department of Works in Hawthorn. Then in 1960 Alan took up and commenced in the position of Senior engineer for the Australian Antarctic Research Expeditions.
Alan had sailed to Antarctica on Nella Dan for the Summer expeditions and was a major contributor to the construction of Casey Station. Daughter, Cynthia, and her brother, Timothy, have recollections of their father leaving on the ship each summer, and were photographed on the wharf in 1964 by the Herald Sun, with Alan playing a song prior to departure.
He was proud to have Brown Bay named after him in honour of his outstanding contribution to ANARE between 1961-1970 in the construction of Casey Station which overlooks the bay.
From Wikipedia:
Brown Bay (Coordinates: 66°17′S 110°33′E) is a cove just to the southeast of Casey Station on Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast. It was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1956, and the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, 1956. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for A.M. Brown, senior engineer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, a senior member of the team which planned and supervised the construction of Casey Station from 1961-1970.
Post-Antarctica, Alan was a leading engineer with his own company “Enersonics” until retiring approximately 20 years ago; a keen bushwalker and community leader; president of many associations over the years…
– Janet Brown, Cynthia (Cindy) Brown
Alan Brown’s Contributions to Aurora
| Month | YEAR | ARTICLE TITLE | AUTHOR | VOL | NO | PAGE | Journal / Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | 1962 | Nodwell and Ski-Doo perform at Falls Creek | Alan Brown, Frank Smith | 16 | Aurora Journal Spring 1962 | ||
| November | 1963 | A new caravan [RMIT] for ANARE | Frank Smith & Alan Brown | 6 | Aurora Journal Summer 1963 | ||
| April | 1964 | Two hats for Antarctica [McMurdo visit] | Alan Brown | 8 | Aurora Journal Autumn 1964 | ||
| June | 1966 | Big rise in Power Supplies | Alan Brown | 26 | Aurora Journal Winter 1966 | ||
| June | 1967 | Completion of Repstat | Alan Brown | 38 | Aurora Journal Winter 1967 | ||
| December | 2008 | Repstat's Engineering Design and Construction | Alan Brown | 28 | 2 | 8 | Aurora Journal Summer 2008 |
Place Names
Brown Bay – A bay 1 kilometre to the north-east of Casey Station on Bailey Peninsula, Windmill Islands. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and ANARE (1956,1962 and 1963). Named after A M Brown, senior engineer with the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, who was a member of the team which planned and supervised the construction of Casey Station.
