Person
Groves, William Charles (1898 - 1967)
KCMG
- Born
- 18 August 1898
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 11 July 1967
St Marylebone, England - Occupation
- Anthropologist and Educator
Summary
William Charles Groves was Supervisor of Education, Department of Native Affairs, Canberra 1922-1925, Director of Education, Nauru 1937-1939, Advisor on Native Affairs (Education), Solomon Islands 1939-1940, and Director of Education, Papua-New Guinea after World War Two.
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- William Charles Groves - Records, 1922 - 1934, MS 6068; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Dickson, D.J., 'Groves, William Charles (1898-1967), educationist and anthropologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 340. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/groves-william-charles-10376. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24250431. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/71545857. Details
- 'Groves, William C (1898-1967)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-560366. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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