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Mary Hunter Austin

American author and dramatist

Catherine Berndt

The breadth and extent of the Berndts’ research and publications, both as a team and alone, has made a major contribution to anthropological knowledge in Australia.

Diane E Barwick

Influential anthropologist, historian and human rights activist Diane Barwick was a pioneer of ethnohistory in Australia.

Bell is the author or editor of ten books, including several significant monographs on Australian Aboriginal culture and numerous articles and book chapters dealing with religion, land rights, law reform, art, history and social change.

Erminnie A Smith

American ethnologist who studied the languages and customs of the Iroquois

Alice Cunningham Fletcher

American ethnologist, widely known in scientific circles as a worker for Native Americans.

Margaret McArthur

Annie Margaret MacArthur was the first woman to gain tenure in an Anthropology Department in an Australian university when she was appointed lecturer at the University of Sydney in 1965.

Wendy Lowenstein

Wendy Lowenstein was a pioneer of oral history, giving a voice to the ordinary people who lived history. Lowenstein was also an activist who engaged in a life-long fight for social justice.

Anna Fellowes Vroland

Passionate about women’s rights and the cause of peace, Vroland was also a humanitarian with strong views on the treatment of Australia’s Aboriginal population; she became one of Victoria’s leading campaigners for Aboriginal rights.