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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-11-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2019-01-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006136b.htm person Brown Thomas Austen AACR2 2009 Solicitor Anthropological collector Tom Brown was a solicitor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, who made a substantial collection of Aboriginal artefacts. He was encouraged by archaeologist Richard Wright to study for a degree in anthropology so that he might understand the necessity for context in collecting. Having graduated in archaeology in 1974, Brown went on to earn a Masters degree in anthropology from the Washington State University, in the United States. Much of Brown's collection was acquired by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in 2002 under the Cultural Gifts Program. In 2011 the University of Sydney used his substantial bequest to establish both the Tom Austen Brown Chair in Australian Anthropology, the first such chair at an Australian university, and the publication series Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (1990 - )

Most of the collection of Thomas Austen Brown was acquired by the Institute in 2002

 'Brown, Thomas Austen (Tom)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, Thomas Austen (Tom) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The library of Tom Austen Brown on the Australian Aborigines: to be sold at auction, Melbourne 25-26 June 2002 Peter Arnold Pty Ltd The library of Tom Austen Brown on the Australian Aborigines: to be sold at auction, Melbourne 25-26 June 2002 Prahran, Vic. Peter Arnold Pty Ltd 2002 Journal Article: Tom Austen Brown Collection: a comprehensive milestone Anon Tom Austen Brown Collection: a comprehensive milestone 2002 Australian Aboriginal Studies 2002 1 103-4