Lindsey Page Winterbotham (1887–1960) was an Australian doctor and anthropologist, who helped to establish the Anthropology Museum at the University of Queensland.
During World War II, he participated in the committee which monitored wartime petrol rationing and he lectured in medical ethics at the University of Queensland.
[4] Winterbotham became the museum's honorary curator and it remained in his home until 1957 due to space issues at the university's campus.
[5][6] He placed advertisements in newspapers and used his medical network to invite people to donate Aboriginal artefacts to the further establishment of the collection,[7][8] applying recommendations on the content they hoped to receive.
[4] He visited communities in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and far North Queensland collecting ceremonial objects and recording songs.
[4] After the provision of a government grant for the museum's development Winterbotham interviewed and corresponded with many Aborigines to learn and record cultural practices, languages and stories.
Winterbotham interviewed Willie McKenzie (Gairarbau), an Aboriginal elder from the Jinabara community of the Kilcoy district over a period of five years,[5] to record his stories and cultural practices,[9] using advice from Norman Tindale to refine his questions relating to language.