Vale Phillip Law
Dr Phillip Law died yesterday, at the age of 97, in Melbourne. I had known him since 1999, when I first started working on the arrangement and description of his records at his home in Canterbury. I should write more about this, but right now I’d just like to remember him.
When he moved from Canterbury to Balwyn Manor, we kept in touch, and a few times we went out together for morning tea – we both absolutely loved the passionfruit kisses (sponge, real cream and passionfruit icing) at the cafe close by.
I went to visit him regarding further work on his papers in March 2008 and took Iris, my then 11 month old daughter. She was in to everything of course, knocking over wine bottles and curious about it all. I thought that perhaps Dr Law, not having had children of his own, might find her annoying. But he didn’t. He thought she was wonderful and loved her curiousity. He held her for this photograph, and said it had been the first time he’d held a baby in a very long time, and I know it gave us all pleasure. If she grows up to be half as curious as Phillip Law, she’ll be lucky, like him.
Vale Phillip Law.
Media
- Antarctic pioneer dies, ABC News website (Melbourne), 1 March 2010.
- Australian Antarctic pioneer dies at 97, Australian Antarctic Division website, 1 March 2010.
- ‘Mr Antarctica’ Phillip Law dies in Melbourne aged 97, Courier Mail (Brisbane), 1 March 2010.
- Antarctic pioneer Dr Phillip Law dies, aged 97, in Melbourne, Herald-Sun (Melbourne), 1 March 2010.
- Mr Antarctica, former Geelong teacher Phillip Law, dies at 97, Geelong Advertiser, 1 March 2010.
- Phil Law ‘Mr Antarctica’ dies, The Mercury (Hobart), 1 March 2010.
- Mr Antarctica dies in Melbourne, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 2010.
- Dr Phillip Law 1912-1910, (Audio interview with Tom Maggs, AAD) ABC News website (Canberra), 2 March 2010.
- Pioneer who opened up Antarctica dies at 97, The Age, 2 March 2010.
- Antarctic pioneer dies at 97, The Canberra Times, 2 March 2010.
- Australian Antarctic explorer Phillip Law dies, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 2 March 2010.
- Geelong’s Antarctic explorer Law dies at 97, Geelong Advertiser, 2 March 2010.
- Pioneer who opened up Antarctica dies at 97, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 March 2010.
- Vale Dr Phillip Law (1913-2010), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery website, 3 March 2010.
- Phillip Law was the ice master, The Warrnambool Standard, 3 March 2010.
- Scientist planted strategic flags on Antarctica: Phillip Law, 1912 – 2010, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 March 2010.
- Phillip Law, Telegraph (London), 5 March 2010.
- Phillip Law: Antarctic Explorer, The Times, 9 March 2010.
- The Daily Goodbye (obituaries), The Washington Post, 9 March 2010.
- Great explorer left footprint in Antarctica: Dr Phillip Law, Antarctic Explorer/Educationalist, The Age, 12 March 2010.
- Phillip Law (obituaries), The Scotsman (Edinburgh), 12 March 2010.
- Australian Explorer Established Three Antarctic Stations: Phillip Law 1912-2010, The Wall Street Journal, 13 March 2010.