Papers of Phyllis Kaberry, 1936-1943 [manuscript]. [1936-1943]

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Papers of Phyllis Kaberry, 1936-1943 [manuscript]. [1936-1943]

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MS Acc11.078 comprises the letter dated 28 August 1943, from New Haven, Connecticut, to Camilla Wedgwood accompanying a typed collection of Phyllis Kaberry's original poems titled "Nomad of the spirit" (1 packet).

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Kaberry, Phyllis Mary, 1910-

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Phyllis Mary Kaberry, 1910-1977, was educated at the University of Sydney. Her first fieldwork was conducted in the early 1930s in North West Australia on the social status of aboriginal women. In 1936 she moved to London to work in the Anthropology Department of the London School of Economics as a research assistant to Audrey Richards. After obtaining her doctorate in 1939 she received a fellowship from the Australian National Research Council to undertake fieldwork among the Abelam tribe in Ne...

Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955

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Anthropologist and educator. Camilla Wedgwood studied anthropology at Newnham College, Cambridge between 1920-1924. She undertook fieldwork from 1932-1934, studying the lives of women and children on Manam, and in 1935 studied the revival of native arts and crafts on Nauru. She was appointed Principal of the Women's College within the University of Sydney from 1935-1944. She also served as a lieutenant-colonel in the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs within the Australian Army Medical Wo...