Catherine Berndt

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Catherine Helen Berndt, née Webb (8 May 1918 – 12 May 1994), born in Auckland, was an Australian anthropologist. She published valuable monographs on Aboriginal Australia, including Changing ceremonies in Northern Australia (1950).^[1]

With her husband Ronald Berndt, she collected lots of art works in Australia and Asia. The collection is conserved in the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, founded by the couple in 1976 (University of Western Australia). As a couple, they published several monographs including The Aboriginal Australians: The First Pioneers and Arnhem Land: Its history and its people.

References

↑ "The Berndt Museum". The University of Western Australia Berndt Museum of Anthropology. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

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Name	Berndt, Catherine
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Short description	Australian anthropologist
Date of birth	8 May 1918
Place of birth	Auckland
Date of death	12 May 1994
Place of death

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