Ursula Hope McConnel b. 27 October 1888

  • Artist (Photographer)
McConnel had a full academic career which involved research in both London and Australia. Yet despite publishing regular scholarly articles and receiving a Rockefeller Fellowship for study at Yale, she was refused academic employment and denied a PhD in Australia. She did a lot of fieldwork on Indigenous Australians.
Name
Ursula Hope McConnel
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Anthropologist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
27 October 1888
Birth place
Cressbrook, Toogolawah, Queensland
Death date
6 November 1957
Death place
Brisbane, Queensland
Active Period
  • c.1904 - c.1957
Residence
  • c.1926 - c.1930 Aurukun, Qld.
  • 1922 - 1926 London, England, UK
  • 1904 - 1905 London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book