William Barak
One of six children born to Bebejan (unknown – 1835 ) and Tooterie (Tooterrie – c.1855), a Ngurai-illam-wurrung woman. Barak, pronounced “Beruk” was born at Brushy Creek in the Yarra Valley in present day Wonga Park. He is the last broadly recognised Ngurungaeta (leader) of the Wurundjeri people.
Barak
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Letter from Shaw 23 November 1903Pages 1Registration Number XM301Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. Two sheets, two pages. Condition: good. -
BeliefsRegistration Number XM593Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Notes, incomplete, handwritten, undated. 25 foolscap sheets, 25 pages, some with slips of paper attached. Text 'struck through' with vertical pencilled lines. Condition: some pages with tattered edges. -
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Notes about Camping and Food DivisionPages 4Registration Number XM702Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Draft notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Annotations and subheadings, throughout. Vertical line through almost all the pages. 13 sheets, 14 pages. Condition: foxing; some pages with tattered edges. -
Field notebookRegistration 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. -
Draft of Howitt to Siebert 14/10/1898Pages 2Registration Number hw0350Author —Physical Description Draft letter and notes, handwritten in ink with diagrams and a comparative table of language terms on the last page. -
Notes by Howitt on Kulin from BarakPages 1 3 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 16 18 19 21 23 24 26 27 33 48 49 53 57 58 60 66 67 69 71 73 75 76 81 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 94 96 99 100 101 102 103Registration Number hw0391Author Howitt, Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Handwritten notes, undated and numbered pages. Additional notations and annotations in the left hand margins; includes a newspaper article. -
Shaw to Howitt 4 December 1897Pages 1Registration Number hw0422Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. Answers to Howitt's questions provided with numbers 1 to 3 within the letter. -
Joseph Shaw to Howitt 25 May 1898Pages 1Registration Number hw0423Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. -
Shaw to Howitt 15 May 1899Pages 1Registration Number hw0426Author —Physical Description "Additional notes. Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. Top of the first page preceding the start of the letter are answers to Howitt's questions and are numbered 1 to 15. the second page is titled ""Relationships"" and also provides some answers to Howitt's questions. " -
Letter from Joseph Guthridge 6 November 1906Pages 2Registration Number hw0430Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. Includes a series of questions numbered 1 to 4 within the letter. Annotation on back of last page in Howitt's hand.
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Chapter VI Tribal GovernmentsRegistration Number XM689Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Draft notes, typed and handwritten, undated. 59 pages consisting of 47 foolscap sheets, 8 half-pages, and 3 slips. With annotations, attachments and corrections throughout. Condition: some sheets with torn and tattered edges; some with foxing. -
Chapter 2 Part 1 The tribal organisationRegistration Number XM691Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Draft. Typed. Envelope/cover sheet and 52 foolscap sheets; 4 half-sheets; 5 slips, 83 pages. With handwritten annotations by A.W. Howitt and another hand and corrections throughout. Envelope is dated 3/3/1902. Condition: envelope is tattered, marked and stained; foxing on typed sheets.