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Marcus, Julie (1944 - )

Born
26 July 1944
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Anthropologist and Academic

Summary

Marcus’s doctoral research was on the impact of Islam on the lives of Turkish women. She has published articles on racism, gender and sexuality in Australian culture. Also Marcus research interests include the Arrernte opposition to the damming of the Todd River in Alice Springs as well as collecting material on the life of Olive Pink.
(Source: Australian Garden History.)

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Published resources

Books

  • Marcus, Julie, Yours truly, Olive M. Pink, Olive Pink Society, Canberra, 1991c, 24 pp. Details
  • Marcus, Julie, The Indomitable Miss Pink: A Life in Anthropology, UNSW Press, 2001. Details
  • Marcus, Julie; Lepervanche, Marie de; McBryde, Isabel; Prior, Mary Ellen Murray; White, Isobel; Morris, Miranda; O'Gorman, Anne; Marcus, Julie and Cheater, Christine, First in Their Field: Women and Australian Anthropology, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993. Details

Book Sections

  • Marcus, Julie, 'The Beauty, Simplicity and Honour of Truth: Olive Pink in the 1940s', in Marcus, Julie (ed.), First in Their Field: Women and Australian Anthropology, Melbourne University Press, 1993. Details

Journal Articles

  • Marcus, Julie, 'Miss Pink's Garden: The Creation of an Arid Zone Botanic Garden', Australian Garden History, vol. 10, no. 3, 1998, pp. 11-14. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 30 January 2002, Last modified: 4 May 2009

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