School of Mines, Adelaide (B.Sc.)
University of Adelaide
Occupation(s)
Anthropologist, geologist, explorer, medical practitioner and politician
Herbert Basedow (27 October 1881 – 4 June 1933) was an Australian anthropologist, geologist, politician, explorer and medical practitioner.[1]
Basedow was born in Kent Town, South Australia. His early education was in Adelaide, South Australia and Hanover, Germany. After finishing his schooling, Basedow studied science at the University of Adelaide where he majored in geology. Basedow later completed postgraduate studies at several European universities and undertook some medical work in Europe.
During his working life, Basedow took part in many major geological, exploratory and medical relief expeditions to central and northern Australia. On these expeditions, he took photographs and collected geological and natural history specimens and Aboriginal artefacts.
Basedow was one of the few people of his time involved in recording the traditional life of Aboriginal Australians.[2] He also actively lobbied government for better treatment of Aboriginal people and campaigned for an improvement in Aboriginal health.
Elected at the 1927 election as an independent to the three-member seat of Barossa, Basedow served as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for a three-year term. He was defeated at the 1930 election but was again elected at the 1933 election, shortly before his death in June that year.[3]
During his career, Basedow published widely on anthropology, geology and natural history. He also published detailed accounts of some of his expeditions and two major anthropological works on Aboriginal Australians.
^Harmstorf, Ian. "Basedow, Herbert (1881–1933)". Basedow, Herbert (1881 - 1933), Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition. Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
^Kaus, David. A Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, 2008. Extract: Basedow the man. Archived 23 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
^"Herbert Basedow". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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