Biographical entry Davey, Constance Muriel (1882 - 1963)

Summary

Constance Muriel Davey was a psychologist in the South Australian Education Department from 1924 after having studied in Adelaide and in England. She was active in child welfare and training, and lectured in Psychology at the University of Adelaide 1927-50.

Archival resources

Private hands (Robertson, J.D.C.)

• Constance Davey - Records, 1900 - 1962; Private hands (Robertson, J.D.C.). Details

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Constance Davey - Records, 1922 - 1956, PRG 104; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Edgar, Suzanne, 'Davey, Constance Muriel (1882-1963)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 216-217. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080239b.htm. Details
• Edgar, Suzanne, 'Constance Davey (1882-1963), Psychologist', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988. Details

Edited Books

• Radi, H. (ed.), 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988, 268 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Turtle, Alison M., 'The First Women Psychologists in Australia', Australian Psychologist, vol. 25, no. 3, 1990, pp. 239-255. Details

Online Resources

• 'Davey, Constance Muriel (1882-1963), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0296b.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Davey, Constance M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-621028. Details