Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Mawson a Ingila kuma ya zo Ostiraliya a matsayin jariri. Ya kammala digiri a aikin injiniya da ilimin ƙasa a Jami'ar Sydney. A cikin 1905 an sanya shi mai koyarwa a cikin ilimin kimiyyar ma'adinai da ma'adinai a Jami'ar Adelaide. Mawson ya fara zuwa Antarctica sa'ad da yake cikin rukunin Shackleton na "Nimrod"
(1907<unk>1909), tare da malamin sa Edgeworth David. Sun kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar masu bincike na arewacin, wanda ya zama na farko da ya kai Kudancin Magnetic Pole kuma ya hau Dutsen Erebus.