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Anthropology

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Anthropological Society of New South Wales
Darwin, Charles
Elkin, Adolphus Peter
Geddes, Bill
Hage, Ghassan
Johnson, Dianne
McCarthy, Frederick
Mead, Margaret
Miklouho-Maclay, Nikolai
Pink, Olive Muriel
Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred
Stanner, William Edward Hanley
Wafer, James William
von Scherzer, Karl
Illustration of rock carving showing man with axe and hat that was done by Hiram c1855 in the Hawkesbury area 1896
Portrait of Charles Darwin, late 1830s

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Anthropology

Anthropological Society of New South Wales

Society of predominantly amateur anthropologists formed in the 1920s at the Australian Museum.

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Darwin, Charles

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Naturalist who visited Sydney in 1836 during his 5-year voyage in the Beagle, when he began to formulate the theory of evolution.

Elkin, Adolphus Peter

Anglican clergyman and professor of anthropology who was a proponent of the assimilation of Indigenous Australians.

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Geddes, Bill

Anthropologist and academic who worked for cross-cultural understanding and tolerance.

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Hage, Ghassan

Lebanese born academic in the field of anthropology and social theory.

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Johnson, Dianne

Anthropologist whose interest in Papua New Guinea lead her to abandon teaching and pursue studies of Indigenous affairs and the traditional owners of the Blue Mountains and Tasmania.

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McCarthy, Frederick

Anthropologist and archaeologist who had a long career starting at the age of 14 at the Australian Museum. His research was based on aboriginal prehistory and archaeology of Australia. He extensively recorded and photographed ethnographic aspects of aboriginal communities he visited. He also campaigned for the preservation of Aboriginal rock art and engravings. He was Foundation Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

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Mead, Margaret

American cultural anthropologist.

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Miklouho-Maclay, Nikolai

Ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist who established the first marine research station in Sydney.

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Pink, Olive Muriel

Aboriginal-rights activist, anthropologist, artist and gardener who lived in Sydney from the 1910s to 1930s before moving to Alice Springs.

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Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred

Social anthropologist who studied the fundamental units of anthropology as processes of human life and interaction.

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Stanner, William Edward Hanley

Australian anthropologist, author, journalist, soldier and political adviser.

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Wafer, James William

Jim Wafer is an anthropologist with a specialisation in the sub-fields of anthropological linguistics and anthropology of religion.

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von Scherzer, Karl

Austrian explorer, diplomat and naturalist.

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Illustration of rock carving showing man with axe and hat that was done by Hiram c1855 in the Hawkesbury area 1896

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By
Robert Hamilton Mathews
Contributed By
Biodiversity Heritage Library
[Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, VOL. XII. 1896 PLATE VIII.]

Portrait of Charles Darwin, late 1830s

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By
George Richmond
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Wikimedia Commons
[Charles_Darwin_by_G._Richmond.jpg]

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