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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-09-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-08-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006118b.htm person Bramell Elsie AACR2 14 August 1910 14 May 1985 Place of Birth Port Moresby, New Guinea Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Elsie Bramell, the first female anthropologist appointed to the Australian Museum, was on the staff from 1933 until 1941 when she was required to resign upon her marriage to fellow Museum anthropologist Frederick McCarthy. She is best known for her work on Aboriginal stone artefacts, collecting and recording sites around New South Wales, usually with her husband and for many years after leaving the Museum. With him and H. V. Noone she published The stone implements of Australia (1946) which recognised the complexity of those tools and proposed a framework for use in describing them. Bramell was among the earliest to advocate protection for Aboriginal sites and artefacts. 1933 1933 Education - BA and DipEd, University of Sydney 1933 1941 Career position - Scientific Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Australian Museum Scientific Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Australian Museum 1935 1935 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Sydney 1935 1939 Career position - Member, Anthropological Society of New South Wales 1940 1946 Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, Mankind 1941 1941 Career event - Resigned from the Australian Museum Australian Museum (1827 - )

Scientific Assistant, Department of Anthropology 1933 - 1941

 'Bramell, Elsie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bramell, Elsie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 Resource Section: Elsie Bramell: a pioneer in museum anthropology and Australian archaeology Myatt, Sue Elsie Bramell: a pioneer in museum anthropology and Australian archaeology American Museum of Natural History 2019 Untold stories Journal Article: Elsie McCarthy (nee Bramell) Oakes, Leonie, Meehan, Betty and Bolton, Lissant Elsie McCarthy (nee Bramell) 1985 Australian Archaeology 21 139-41 Journal Article: That shadowy band: the role of women in the development of Australian archaeology Bowdler, Sandra and Clune, Genevieve That shadowy band: the role of women in the development of Australian archaeology 2000 Australian Archaeology 50 276-35