Board for Anthropological Research

The Board for Anthropological Research sponsored over forty anthropological expeditions to study Australia n Aboriginal people in the five decades following its establishment in 1926.

Although the work of the Board was focussed on physical anthropology, the expeditions also resulted in research across a range of fields, such as linguistics and botany, and also broader aspects of anthropology, including the documentation of social organisation, tribal/language boundaries and songs and ceremony.

The records of the Board for Anthropological Research, (and related collections held in the South Australian Museum Archives), contain detailed information in a range of formats about many Australian Aboriginal groups and individuals. The collection comprises: minutes; drafts and proofs of publications; papers related to expeditions; data cards; genealogies; photographic prints and negatives; crayon drawings; and film.

The Board was formed by Draper Campbell,[1] (Sir) John Cleland,[2] Henry Fry[3] Frederic Wood Jones,[4] Robert Pulleine,[5] and Archibald Watson.[6]

Numerous South Australian Museum employees and presidents of the Royal Society of South Australia have been members of the Board, including:

* A.A. Abbie
* T.D. Campbell[1]
* J.B. Cleland[2]
* F.J. Fenner
* H.K. Fry[3]
* C.J. Hackett
* H.M. Hale
* Thomas Harvey Johnston
* F. Wood Jones[4]
* R.H. Pulleine[5]
* T.G. Strehlow
* N.B. Tindale
* A. Watson[6]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Draper Campbell
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "John Cleland". http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080024b.htm#.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Henry Fry
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Frederic Wood Jones
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Robert Pulleine
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Archibald Watson

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