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Catherine Helen Berndt , née Webb (8 May 1918 – 12 May 1994) was a New Zealand-born Australian anthropologist known for her research in Australia and Papua New Guinea conducted jointly with her husband, Ronald Berndt.
She was awarded in 1950 the Percy Smith Medal from the University of Otago, New Zealand and the Edgeworth David Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales, the latter jointly with Ronald Berndt. In 1980 she received a children's book award and medal for her book, Land of the Rainbow Snake, a collection of stories from Western Arnhem Land.
Berndt was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1987 Australia Day Honours for her "service to anthropology, particularly in relation to the Aboriginal society and culture".
With her husband Ronald Berndt, C. Berndt collected Indigenous art works of Australia and Asia. The collection is conserved in the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, founded by the couple in 1976 at the University of Western Australia.
Death and legacy
She died in 1994.
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