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.
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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

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References [<ExternalResource: O'Gorman, Anne (1993), 'The snake the serpent and the rainbow: Ursula McConnel and Aboriginal Australians', First in Their Field, [Marcus, Julie (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1 December 1931), B.P. Magazine.>, <ExternalResource: Gibbney, H.J.; and Smith, Ann G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Perusco, Anne O'Gorman (2000), 'Ursula Hope McConnel', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, [Ritchie, John (ed.)], p.178 (for changes), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.>]