Editing Douglas Mawson (section)

== Early life ==
Mawson was born on 5 May 1882 to Robert Ellis Mawson and Margaret Ann Moore.  He was born in [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], but was less than two years old when his family emigrated to Australia and settled at [[Rooty Hill, New South Wales|Rooty Hill]], now in the western suburbs of Sydney. Later he and his family moved to the inner-Sydney suburb of [[Glebe, New South Wales|Glebe]] in 1893. He attended Forest Lodge Public School, [[Fort Street High School|Fort Street Model School]] and the [[University of Sydney]], where he graduated in 1902 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree.<ref name="adb">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Jacka |first =F. J.| url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mawson-sir-douglas-7531 |title= Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958) |encyclopedia= [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |edition= Online| access-date=26 July 2016 |volume =10 |publisher=Melbourne University Press (MUP); National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |orig-date= Published online 2006 |date=1986 |pages= 454–457 }}</ref>