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Ursula McConnel | |
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 Ursula McConnel, Queensland, approx 1938 | |
| Born | 27 October 1888 |
| Died | 6 November 1957 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Known for | Work with Wik Mungkan people, Cape York Peninsula |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Australian anthropology |
Ursula Hope McConnel (1888–1957) was a Queensland anthropologist and ethnographer best remembered for her work with, and the records she made of, the Wik Mungkan people of Cape York Peninsula.
First trained at University College London, then supervised by Professor Alfred Radcliffe-Brown in the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney, McConnel was one of the first women to be trained in anthropology and then go out to observe Aboriginal Australians in remote areas, systematically documenting, recording, and describing their culture, mythology, beliefs, and way of life.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Perusco, Anne O'Gorman "McConnel, Ursula Hope (1888–1957)" Archived 17 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 8 June 2009