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Name	Ronald Murray Berndt
Born	14 July, 1916 Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	2 May, 1990 (aged 73) Wembley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Berndt, Catherine Helen (wife) Wavehill, Ronnie (acquaintance) Marika, Wandjuk Djuakan (associate) Burrumarra, David (collaborator)
Occupation *	academic (1938-1946) South Australia, Australia anthropologist (1938-1946) South Australia, Australia academic (1956-1981) Western Australia, Australia anthropologist (1956-1990) Western Australia, Australia
Legacies *	Berndt Museum of Anthropology (University of Western Australia) (eponym)

* Dates are approximate