Gunaikurnai man, McDougall was an important informant of Howitt's via Bulmer. He lived at Lake Tyers and worked hard at the reserve, growing potatoes and vegetables as well as fencing and building huts. Bulmer commended McDougall's efforts and his capacity at felling trees and preparing wood for fencing and building. McDougall and his wife Emma had a number of children, some of whom died as infants of pneumonia and bronchitis, a situation that must have been heartbreaking for the couple.
McDougall was granted a certificate to work off the station, in accordance with the 1871 regulations determining that work certificates granted by the station managers were required for Aboriginal people to be employed off station. He did this at times, earning money for himself and his family.
William died in June 1884, aged only 45, of heart disease.
References:
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Twentieth Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1884, p. 12
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Eighth Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1872, p. 30.
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Seventh Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1871, p. 17.
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Thirteenth Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1877, p. 8.
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Seventeenth Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1881, p. 9.
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Eighteenth Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1882, p. 12
Board for the Protection of the Aborigines, Twenty-First Report, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1885, p. 11A
William McDougall
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Field notebookPages 30Registration Number XM761Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Notebook, black, hard-covered, undated. Entries in pencil and ink. 120 sheets, 205 pages. Condition: extremely fragile; broken metal clasp; binding coming apart; loose pages; cover is badly worn with sections missing along the spine. -
Letter from John Bulmer 10 October 1878Pages 3Registration Number XM78Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten, ink. Two sheets, eight pages. Condition: Fair; slight tear on main fold at bottom; centre crease fragile. -
Letter from Bulmer 20 April 1880Pages 1Registration Number XM82Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. Three folded sheets, eleven pages. Vertical, red-pencil line through text on three pages. Condition: fair; small tears along central folds; slightly tattered upper edges. -
Letter from John Bulmer 28 April 1881Pages 2Registration Number XM85Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten, ink. Signed and dated. Single folded sheet, three pages. Condition: good. -
Information from John Bulmer, n.d.Pages 3Registration Number XM98Author Bulmer, Reverend JohnPhysical Description Notes and a table, handwritten, undated. One large sheet folded in half with an additional smaller sheet, six pages. Notes are possibly a letter. Fragile condition, insect damage upper edging.
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Howitt notes on the WolgalRegistration Number hw0185Author —Physical Description —