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Life Summary

Name	Catherine Joan Ellis
Alternative Names	Catherine Joan Caughie
Born	19 May, 1935 Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
Died	30 May, 1996 (aged 61) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Strehlow, Theodor George (colleague) Rankine, Dorothy Leila (colleague)
Education *	Hampton High School (Vic) (student, 1948-1953) Ormond College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1954-1957) University of Melbourne (student, 1954-1957) University of Glasgow (Scotland) (student, 1958-1961)
Occupation or Descriptor *	ethnomusicologist (1957-1985) South Australia, Australia pianist (1957-1996) South Australia, Australia academic (1962-1985) South Australia, Australia university teacher (1970-1985) South Australia, Australia academic (1985-1995) New South Wales, Australia ethnomusicologist (1985-1995) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (committee member) Musicological Society of Australia (member) Society for Ethnomusicology (council member) National Music Camp Association (performer, 1950-1958) Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (Elder Conservatorium of Music) (founder, 1975)
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (researcher, 1957-1958) University of Adelaide (academic, 1962-1985) Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (Elder Conservatorium of Music) (academic, 1975-1979) University of New England (NSW) (music) (academic, 1985-1995)

* Dates are approximate