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Name	Frederick David McCarthy
Born	13 August, 1905 Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 November, 1997 (aged 92) Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	internal bleeding
Education *	Annandale Junior Technical School (Sydney) (student) University of Sydney (student, 1935-1935)
Occupation or Descriptor *	librarian (1920-1932) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1920-1971) New South Wales, Australia anthropologist (1930-1997) New South Wales, Australia archaeologist (1930-1997) New South Wales, Australia heritage conservationist (1932-1997) New South Wales, Australia museum curator (1932-1964) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	American-Australian Arnhem Land Scientific Expedition (1948) (participant)
Key Organisations *	Anthropological Society of New South Wales (member, 1930-1997) Royal Society of New South Wales (president, 1956-1956) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1990-1997)
Workplaces *	Australian Museum (Sydney) (librarian, 1920-1932) Australian Museum (Sydney) (curator, 1932-1964) Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (principal, 1964-1971)

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