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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002442b.htm person McCarthy Frederick David AACR2 13 August 1905 18 November 1997 Frederick McCarthy wrote articles about aborigines between 1932 and 1979. He was President of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1957. 1964 1964 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal Mountford, Charles Pearcy (1890 - 1976) Miller, Robert Rush (1916 - 2003) Deignan, Herbert Girton (1906 - 1968) Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1957

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1964

 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (1948)

Anthropologist

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 McCarthy, Frederick David (1905-1997)

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 'McCarthy, Frederick David', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McCarthy, Frederick David Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Frederick David McCarthy, 13 August 1905-18 November 1997: Obituary McBryde, Isabel Frederick David McCarthy, 13 August 1905-18 November 1997: Obituary 1998 Australian Aboriginal Studies 1 51-55 Journal Article: An analysis of the large stone implements from five workshops on the north coast of New South Wales McCarthy, F. An analysis of the large stone implements from five workshops on the north coast of New South Wales 1947 Records of the Australian Museum 21 8 411-30 Book: New South Wales Aboriginal place names and euphonious words, with their meanings McCarthy, F. D. New South Wales Aboriginal place names and euphonious words, with their meanings 4th Sydney Government Printer 1963 Journal Article: A coat of paint McCarthy, Frederick David A coat of paint 1984 Australian Aboriginal Studies 1984 2 72-81 Book: Australian Aboriginal decorative art McCarthy, Frederick D. Australian Aboriginal decorative art 2nd Sydney Trustees of the Australian Museum 1948 Book Section: Davidson, Daniel Sutherland (1900-1952), anthropologist McCarthy, F. D. Davidson, Daniel Sutherland (1900-1952), anthropologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 224-225 Book: Australian Aboriginal rock art McCarthy, Frederick D. Australian Aboriginal rock art Sydney Trustees of the Australian Museum 1958 Journal Article: The stone implements of Australia McCarthy, F. D.; Bramell, E.; and Noone, H. V. V. The stone implements of Australia 1946 Memoirs of the Australian Museum 9 1-94 Journal Article: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies McCarthy, F. D. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1966 Australian Natural History 15 6 194-196 Edited Book: Australian Aboriginal art Berndt, Ronald M. Australian Aboriginal art Sydney Ure Smith 1964 Book Section: The archaeology of Arnhem Land McCarthy, F. and Setzler, F. The archaeology of Arnhem Land Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1960 Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, volume 2 Mountford, C. P. 215-95 Journal Article: Nutrition Studies (1948) of Nomadic Aborigines in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia McArthur, M.; Mccarthy, F.D.; and Specht, R.L. Nutrition Studies (1948) of Nomadic Aborigines in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia 2000 Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 9 3 215-223 Book Section: The food quest and the time factor in Aboriginal economic life McCarthy, Frederick D. and McArthur, Margaret The food quest and the time factor in Aboriginal economic life Carlton, Vic, Melbourne University Press 1960 Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, vol. 2: anthropology and nutrition C. P. Mountford 145-94 Book Section: The cave paintings of Groote Eylandt and Chasm Island McCarthy, Frederick D. The cave paintings of Groote Eylandt and Chasm Island Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1960 Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, 2: anthropology and nutrition C. P. Mountford 297414 Book Section: The string figures of Yirrkalla McCarthy, Frederick D. The string figures of Yirrkalla Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1960 Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, vol. 2: anthropology and nutrition C. P. Mountford 415-511 Journal Article: A unique archeological specimen from Australia Setzler, F. M. and McCarthy, F. D. A unique archeological specimen from Australia 1950 Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40 1-5 Journal Article: Inhabiting the Great South Land McCarthy, F. Inhabiting the Great South Land 1977 Australian Natural History 19 2 54-57 Journal Article: Two remarkably parallel careers Mulvaney, D. J. Two remarkably parallel careers 1980 Australian Archaeology 10 96-101 Book Section: F. D. McCarthy his work and legacy at the Australian Museum Attenbrow, V.; and Kahn, K. F. D. McCarthy his work and legacy at the Australian Museum Darwin North Australian Research Unit, Australian National University 1994 Archaeology in the north: proceedings of the 1993 Australian Archaeological Association Conference Sullivan, M., Brockwell, S. and Webb, A. 5-16 Book Section: Ethnographic and Archaeological Collections by FD McCarthy in the Australian Museum Attenbrow, Val Ethnographic and Archaeological Collections by FD McCarthy in the Australian Museum Carlton Melbourne University Press 2008 The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections Peterson, Nicolas, Allen, Lindy and Hamby, Louise 472-507 Book Section: Style and substance: McCarthy versus Mountford and the emergence of an archaeology of rock art 1948 - 1960 Clarke, Anne; Kay, Sally K.; Frederick, Ursula K.; and Johnston, Iain G. Style and substance: McCarthy versus Mountford and the emergence of an archaeology of rock art 1948 - 1960 Canberra ANU Press 2022 Histories of Australian rock art research Taçon, Paul C.; May, Sally K.; Frederick, Ursula K.; and McDonald, Jo 11-25 Book Section: Making a sea change: rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of Frederick McCarthy's research on Groote Eylandt Clarke, Anne, and Frederick, Ursula Making a sea change: rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of Frederick McCarthy's research on Groote Eylandt Canberra ANU Press 2011 Exploring the legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition Thomas, Martin and Neale, Margot 135-55 Journal Article: Frederick David McCarthy: an appreciation. Khan, K. Frederick David McCarthy: an appreciation. 1993 Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 17 1-5 Edited Book: Uncovering Pacific pasts: histories of archaeology in Oceania Howes, Hilary; Jones, Tristen; and Spriggs, Matthew Uncovering Pacific pasts: histories of archaeology in Oceania Canberra ANU Press 2022 Book: Clever men: how worlds collided on the scientific expedition to Arnhem Land of 1948 Thomas, Martin Clever men: how worlds collided on the scientific expedition to Arnhem Land of 1948 Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin 2025 Journal Article: F. D. McCarthy's string figures from Yirrkala: a museum perspective Florek, S. F. D. McCarthy's string figures from Yirrkala: a museum perspective 1993 Records of the Australian Museum, supplement 17 117-24 Book: F.D. McCarthy, commemorative papers (archaeology, anthropology, rock art) Specht, Jim F.D. McCarthy, commemorative papers (archaeology, anthropology, rock art) Sydney South Australian Museum 1993 Journal Article: Everything you've been told about the history of Australian archaeology is wrong Spriggs, Matthew Everything you've been told about the history of Australian archaeology is wrong 2020 Bulletin of the history of archaeology 30 1:3 1-16 Journal Article: Aspects of the historiography of Australian archaeology Howes, Hilary Aspects of the historiography of Australian archaeology 2021 Historical Records of Australian Science 32 2 125-40 Book: The moth hunters: Aboriginal prehistory of the Australian Alps Flood, Josephine M. The moth hunters: Aboriginal prehistory of the Australian Alps Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1980 Edited Book: Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition Thomas, Martin and Neale, Margo Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition Canberra ANU E Press 2011