Biographical entry McConnel, Ursula Hope (1888 - 1957)

Summary

Ursula McConnel undertook research into the Aboriginal peoples of the Gulf of Carpentaria region of the Cape York Peninsula 1927-1928 and 1934.

Archival resources

State Records of South Australia

• Ursula McConnel - Records, 1934 - 1953, A.D. 49; State Records of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

• Marcus, Julie, Lepervanche, Marie de, McBryde, Isabel, Prior, Mary Ellen Murray, White, Isobel; Morris, Miranda; O'Gorman, Anne; Marcus, Julie and Cheater, Christine, First in Their Field: Women and Australian Anthropology, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993. Details

Book Sections

• Perusco, Anne O'Gorman, 'McConnel, Ursula Hope (1888-1957), Anthropologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 178-179. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150214b.htm. Details

Edited Books

• McKay, Judith (ed.), Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 1997, 80 pp. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Rothwell, Nicolas, 'Enigma Variations', The Weekend Australian, 15-16 August 2009, pp. 6-7. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'McConnel, Ursula', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-639321. Details