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Life Summary

Name	Mona Rachael Ravenscroft
Alternative Names	Mona Rachael Tubman Mona Rachael Wommelsdorff
Born	25 May, 1915 Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 August, 1997 (aged 82) Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English 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] Street, Jessie Mary (colleague) Elkin, Adolphus Peter (teacher)
Education *	Fort Street Girls' High School (Sydney) (student, 1929-1933) University of Sydney (student, 1934-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	anthropologist (1938-1947) New South Wales, Australia teacher training college teacher (1948-1952) New South Wales, Australia anthropologist (1952-1954) Australian Capital Territory, Australia sociologist (1955-1958) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1959-1963) Australian Capital Territory, Australia psychologist (1961-1963) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1972-1980) New South Wales, Australia sociologist (1972-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Frank Albert prize for anthropology (University of Sydney) (recipient, 1933)
Key Organisations *	Union of Australian Women (NSW) (member) Australian Institute of Sociology (council member, 1943-1943) Council for Women in War Work (NSW) (secretary, 1943)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (anthropology) (tutor, 1938-1943) Care of the Child in Wartime Committee (NSW) (secretary, 1942) University of Sydney (anthropology) (researcher, 1943-1947) Sydney Teachers' College (lecturer, 1948-1952) Australian National University (anthropology) (research assistant, 1952-1954) Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (research associate, 1955-1958) Australian Bureau of Statistics (researcher, 1959-1961) Dept of Air (Federal) (psychologist, 1961) Riverina College of Advanced Education (NSW) (sociology) (academic, 1972-1980)

* Dates are approximate