Marie Reay
Marie Olive Reay was an Australian anthropologist, known particularly for work in the New Guinea Highlands.Early career
Reay did undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney, taking anthropology after hearing after hearing A. P. Elkin debate the philosopher John Anderson. Reay went on to study under Elkin, who directed her to do fieldwork among fringe-dwelling Aboriginal people in north-western NSW. She did six-month stints of fieldwork at Walgett, Bourke, Moree, Coonabarabran and other communities.
