Person

Casey, Dermot Armstrong (1897 - 1977)

Born
27 August 1897
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Died
13 September 1977
Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Anthropologist

Summary

Dermot Casey was a founder of the Anthropological Society of Victoria, president (1947) of the Royal Society of Victoria and honorary ethnologist to the National Museum of Victoria for forty years.

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  • Mulvaney, D. J., 'Obituary: D.A. Casey, M.C., F.S.A.', The Artefact, 2 (4) (1977), 225-8. Details
  • Spriggs, Matthew, 'Everything you've been told about the history of Australian archaeology is wrong', Bulletin of the history of archaeology, 30 (1:3) (2020), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5334/bha-626. Details
  • Spriggs, Matthew, '"Casey did very good work for Wheeler and you are lucky to have him": Dermot Casey's under-appreciated importance in Australian archaeology', Historical Records of Australian Science, 32 (1) (2021), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR20009. Details

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