Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde) (1901-1955)

Also known as
Wedgwood, C. (1901-1955)
Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde (1901-1955)
Field of activity
Anthropologist and Educator; academic; anthropologist; army officer; college warden; Anthropologist
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WEDGWOOD, CAMILLA HILDEGARDE (1901-1955), anthropologist and educationist, was born on 25 March 1901 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, fifth of seven children of Josiah Clement Wedgwood, a naval architect, and his wife Ethel Kate, daughter of Charles (Lord) Bowen, a lord of appeal in ordinary. Descended from Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), the master potter, the Wedgwood and Darwin families were intertwined; Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gwen Raverat, and C. V. Wedgwood were cousins. Josiah Clement fought in the Boer War then spent some years in South Africa; Camilla passed her early childhood with her maternal grandmother at Halsteads in the Lake District and, after 1906, with her parents at The Ark, Moddershall, near the family kilns in Staffordshire.

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Camilla Wedgwood, the fifth of seven children of Josiah and Ethel (née Bowen) Wedgwood, came to Australia in 1928 to lecture in anthropology at the University of Sydney. She then lectured at the University of Capetown, South Africa and at the London School of Economics and Political Science before being granted a fellowship to study the lives of women and children on Manam Island, New Guinea by the Australian National Research Council. Later Wedgwood became principal of Women's College at the University of Sydney and held this position until her appointment in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, at the express wish of General Sir Thomas Blamey. She developed policies for postwar educational resconstruction in Papua New Guinea. Following her discharge Wedgwood returned to lecturing. A member of the Australian Student Christian Movement she was also involved with the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children, the Anthropological Society of New South Wales, the Australian Federation of University Women and the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

  • 1920 Studied anthropology at Newnham College, Cambridge, under W E Armstrong and A C Haddon
  • 1922 Passed with first-class honours the English tripos
  • 1923 Held the Arthur Hugh Clough scholarship
  • 1924 Held the Bathurst scholarship
  • 1924 Passed anthropology tripos
  • 1924 Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
  • 1925 Joined the Society of Friends
  • 1926 - 1927 Assistant lecturer in the Department of Social Studies at Bedford College, London
  • 1927 Qualified as Master of Arts (MA)
  • 1928 - 1929 Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology with the University of Sydney
  • 1930 Temporary lecturer in the Department of African Life and Languages with the University of Cape Town
  • 1931 - 1932 Member of the British Social Hygiene Council
  • 1931 - 1932 Assistant lecturer with the London School of Economics
  • 1931 - 1932 Council member of the Royal Anthropological Institute
  • 1932 - 1934 Granted a fellowship by the Australian National Research Council for research work in Manam Island, New Guinea
  • 1935 Carried out research work in Nauru Island
  • 1935 - 1944 Principal of the Women's College at the University of Sydney
  • 1936 - 1944 Honorary lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney
  • 1944 - 1945 Service in New Guinea
  • 11 January 1944 - 16 January 1946 Lieutenant-colonel, in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, attached to the Army Directorate of Research and Land Headquarters School of Civil Affairs
  • 1947 - 1948 Taught at the Institute of Education at the University of London
  • 1949 Senior lecturer in native administration at the Australian School of Pacific Administration (now ITI, International Training Institute)

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Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood was Anthropologist and Lecturer in Native Education at the Australian School of Pacific Administration, Sydney.

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Selected resources (22)

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australian Women's Register

  1. The Hiri
    Wedgwood, Camilla H
    [1955]
    Published: Longmans Green and Co
  2. Plays for young pupils
    Wedgwood, Camilla H
    [1956]
    Published: Longmans, Green
  3. Education in the Pacific Islands : a selective bibliography
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (compiled by)
    [1956]
    Published: South Pacific Commission
  4. Wedgwood, Camilla HildegardeAustralian Dictionary of Biography Online 16 : Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde
    Wetherell, David
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160613b.htm
  5. WEDGWOOD, CAMILLA HILDERGARDEWorld War 2 Nominal Roll Department of Veterans' Affairs : WEDGWOOD, CAMILLA HILDERGARDE
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
    Published: Department of Veterans' Affairs
    Series: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=618467
  6. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  7. Development and welfare in the Western Pacific
    Hogbin, H. Ian and Wedgwood, C.
    [1943]
    Published: Australian Institute of International Affairs
  8. Malekula : a vanishing people in the New Hebrides
    Deacon, A. Bernard and Wedgwood, Camilla H (edited by)
    [1934]
    Published: G. Routledge & Sons
  9. You'll be sorry!
    Howard, Ann
    [1990]
    Published: Tarka
  10. Who's who in Australia 1950
    Alexander, Joseph A
    [1950]
    Published: The Herald
  11. University of Sydney, Archives: Papers of Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood (1935 - 1936)
  12. National Library of Australia, Pictorial Collection: Manam Island, Territory of New Guinea, [and] Nauru (1932 - 1935)
    Photographs, by the anthropologist C.H. Wedgwood, of natives, ceremonies, costume, dances, with interleaved index. Album 445-447 450 453-454.
  13. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Papers of Camilla Wedgwood (1928 - 1954)
    Collection includes the following: 1. Personal items such as correspondence (1928-1954) passport, diary, etc. 2. Items dealing with education and teaching of various disciplines such as history, social studies and so on; mass literacy; education in Papua New Guinea (government policy, organization of schools); training of nurses, teachers, midwives, etc. 3. Lecture notes on anthropology, Baganda, Chukchee, funeral rites and kinship. 4. Various papers to do with people living in the Pacific area. 5. Six volumes of photographs, Dec. 1932 to 1954, of life in Manam Island, Territory of New Guinea and in Nauru Island. Typescript drafts, with manuscript interpolations of Miss Wedgwood's work titled "A background documentary survey on the education of women and girls in the Pacific". Five typescript papers by other authors concerning theories and problems of native education in New Guinea.
    MS 483
  14. University of Sydney, Archives: WEDGWOOD Camilla Hildegarde [1901-1955] (1927 - 1958)
    P.112
  15. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Olive Pink - Correspondence (1897 - 1971)
    Papers comprise official, personal & academic correspondence, diaries, photos, patrol reports, field notebooks, conference papers, lectures, broadcasts, articles, anthropological writings & research material, administration handbooks & ordinances, publications on anthropology, language, education & United Nations. Papers relate to Chinnery's career in Papua & New Guinea as Patrol Officer, Government Anthropologist, Director Dept of District Services & Native Affairs, Director Native Affairs & Commonwealth Adviser on Native Affairs in Aust. Papers relating to Chinnery's association with Far Eastern Liaison Office during World War II, South Seas Commission Conference 1947, United Nations missions to Africa & aspects of PNG including history, exploration, anthropology, genealogy, language, education, health, missions, crimes & discipline, native rights, mining, trade & pre-war wartime & post-war administration. Correspondents include: Staniforth Smith, John Taylor, C.L.A. Abbott, Bill Harney, A.P. Elkin, Theodor Strehlow, Camilla Wedgwood, Olive Pink, Baldwin Spencer, A.C. Haddon, Margaret Mead.
    MS 766
  16. University of Sydney, Archives: Typescript research notes
    TS notes written up by Marie Olive Reay from original research carried out by Camilla Hildegard Wedgwood on Manus Island, c. 1933-34. the material was transferred from the Department of Anthropology.
    M.373

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood, 1901-1955Oxford Dictionary of National Biography : Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood, 1901-1955
    Maddock, Kenneth
    [2004]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  2. Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde (1901-1955), Anthropologist and EducationistAustralian Dictionary of Biography John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 16 515-517 : Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde (1901-1955), Anthropologist and Educationist
    Wetherell, David
    [2002]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  3. Where are the Women in Australian Science?
    McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  4. University of Sydney, Archives: Camilla Hildergarde Wedgwood - Records (1925 - 1955)
    Records c1925-55 [70 cm, P 112].
    P 112
  5. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Camilla Hildergarde Wedgwood - Records (1932 - 1954)
    6 volumes of photographs of life on Manam Island, Territory of New Guinea, and in Nauru Island 1932-54; annotated drafts of 'A background documentary survey on the education of women and girls in the Pacific' n.d.; 5 typescripts by others on related topics n.d. [38 cm, MS 483].
    MS 483

Resources by Camilla H. Wedgwood (22)

  1. Letter
    Hasluck, Paul Sir, 1905-1993
    [ Unpublished : 1953 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.941)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.941)

  2. Papers of Camilla Wedgwood
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Unpublished : 1913-1955 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.58)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.58)

  3. Papers
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Unpublished : 1928-1954 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.062)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.062)

  4. Malekula : a vanishing people in the New Hebrides / by A. Bernard Deacon ; edited by Camilla H. Wedgwood ; with a preface by A.C. Haddon
    Deacon, Arthur Bernard, 1903-1927
    [ Book : 1934-1970 ]
    Languages: English, Austronesian (Other)
    At 22 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.902)

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  5. Education in the Pacific Islands : a selective bibliography / compiled by Camilla H. Wedgwood
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Book : 1956 ]
    Languages: Multiple languages, French, English
    At 7 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.175)

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  6. Flies are your enemy / Camilla Wedgwood; illustrations [by] Irene Maher
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Book : 1951-1955 ]
    At Barr Smith Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.346)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.346)

  7. The Hiri / by Camilla Wedgwood ; illustrated by Pamela Lindsay
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Book : 1955 ]
    At 6 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.144)

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  8. Development and welfare in the Western Pacific / H. Ian Hogbin and C. Wedgwood
    Hogbin, H. Ian (Herbert Ian), 1904-1989
    [ Book : 1943 ]
    At 19 libraries
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  9. Pelajaran Hiri / oleh Camilla Wedgwood ; tergambar oleh Pamela Lindsay
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Book : 1956 ]
    Languages: Indonesian
    At State Library of VIC
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  10. Manam Island, Papua New Guinea, June 1933- February 1934. photographs by C.H Wedgwood
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Photograph : 1933-1934 ]
    Languages: No linguistic content
    View online
    At National Library
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  1. Letter
    Hasluck, Paul Sir, 1905-1993
    [ Unpublished : 1953 ]
    At 2 libraries
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  2. Papers of Camilla Wedgwood
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Unpublished : 1913-1955 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.532)

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  3. Camilla Wedgwood
    [ Photograph : 1910-1954 ]
    At National Library
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  4. [Biographical cuttings on Camilla Wedgwood, educationalist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.053)

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  5. Papers
    Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
    [ Unpublished : 1928-1954 ]
    At National Library
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  6. The second Camilla Wedgwood memorial lecture and seminar : Port Moresby, December 1960
    Camilla Wedgwood Memorial Lecture and Seminar Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) 1960 :
    [ Conference Proceedings : 1961 ]
    At 7 libraries
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  7. The second Camilla Wedgwood memorial lecture and seminar : Port Moresby, December 1960
    Camilla Wedgwood Memorial Lecture and Seminar Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) 1960 :
    [ Conference Proceedings : 1961 ]
    At 7 libraries
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  8. Camilla : C.H. Wedgwood 1901-1955, a life / D. Wetherell, C. Carr-Gregg
    Wetherell, David F. (David Fielding)
    [ Book : 1990 ]
    At 39 libraries
    Camilla : C.H. Wedgwood 1901-1955, a life / D. Wetherell, C. Carr-Gregg
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  9. Zaria's fire : engendered moments in Manam ethnography / Nancy C. Lutkehaus
    Lutkehaus, Nancy
    [ Book : 1995 ]
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    Zaria's fire : engendered moments in Manam ethnography / Nancy C. Lutkehaus
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  10. Papers of Phyllis Kaberry
    Kaberry, Phyllis M. (Phyllis Mary), 1910-
    [ Unpublished : 1936-1943 ]
    At National Library
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