Biographical entry Elkin, Adolphus Peter (1891 - 1979)

Summary

Adolphus Peter Elkin was Professor of Anthropology, University of Sydney 1934-56 and was editor of "Oceania" from 1933. He was President of the Association for the Protection of Native Races 1933-62 and was involved with work with aborigines.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Adolphus Peter Elkin - Records, 1937, ML MSS 3704; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Adolphus Peter Elkin - Records, 1900 - 1965, DeB 94; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

• Adolphus Peter Elkin - Records, 1920 - 1979, P 130; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Elkin, A.P., 'Child, Coles (1817-1898), clergyman', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, p. 389. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030367b.htm. Details
• Wise, Tigger, 'Elkin, Adolophus Peter (1891-1979), Anglican Clergyman and Professor of Anthropology', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 87-89. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140101b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Elkin, A.P., 'Obituary: J. H. L. Waterhouse', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1942, pp. 61-62. Details
• Elkin, A.P., 'Obituary: F. E. Williams', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 6, no. 3, 1943, pp. 92-93. Details
• Elkin, A.P., 'ANZAAS. A History', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 25, 1962, pp. 2-4. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Elkin, A P', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-479607. Details

See also

• White, F. W.G., 'Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 1, 1980, pp. 68-102. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9800510068.htm. Details