Ursula McConnel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ursula McConnel

Australian anthropologist

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1888

Place of Birth: Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1957

Profession: researcher, anthropologist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ursula Hope McConnel (1888–1957) was a Queensland anthropologist and ethnographer best remembered for her work with, and the records she made of, the Wik Mungkan people of Cape York Peninsula. First trained at University College London, then supervised by Professor Alfred Radcliffe-Brown in the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney, McConnel was one of the first women to be trained in anthropology and then go out to observe Aboriginal Australians in remote areas, systematically documenting, recording, and describing their culture, mythology, beliefs, and way of life.