William Barak (1823 – 15 August 1903), named Beruk by his parents, the "last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe", was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder)[1] of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, the pre-colonial inhabitants of present-day Melbourne, Australia. He became an influential spokesman for Aboriginal social justice and an important informant on Wurundjeri cultural lore.[2]
In his later life Barak painted and drew Wurundjeri ceremonies and carved weapons and tools.[2] He is now considered a significant Aboriginal artist of the nineteenth century.[3]
^"William Barak". Visit Victoria home. Tracing Victoria. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ abClark, Ian D. (2015). 'A Peep at the blacks' a history of tourism at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, 1863-1924. Jan Barabach, Lucrezia Lopez. Warsaw. ISBN 978-3-11-046824-3. OCLC 1269094516.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Sayers, Andrew (1996). Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp. 13–26. ISBN 9780195539950.
WilliamBarak (1823 – 15 August 1903), named Beruk by his parents, the "last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe", was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder)...
(1824–1874): ngurungaeta by 1851 until his death. Billibellary's son. WilliamBarak (1824–1903): ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri-willam clan from 1874 until...
generally carry significance linked to the spirituality of the Dreamtime. WilliamBarak (c.1824-1903) was one of the last traditionally educated of the Wurundjeri-Willam...
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years of upheaval, the surviving leaders, among them Simon Wonga and WilliamBarak, led forty Wurundjeri, Taungurung (Goulburn River) and Boonwurrung people...
saw the game played at Coranderrk Mission Station, where ngurungaeta WilliamBarak discouraged the playing of imported games like cricket and encouraged...
Park, after Gumbri (Jessie Hunter), great-niece of Wurundjeri leader WilliamBarak and the last girl born on the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve in Healesville...
became a notable member of the Hawkesbury River Aboriginal community WilliamBarak (1824–1903) – ngurungaeta of Wurundjeri, police tracker, then artist...
Alfred William Howitt in the transcription of three songs performed by WilliamBarak, the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan...
Football Club in 1952–1953. James Wandin was a great-great nephew to WilliamBarak, the last traditional ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri-willam clan. He...
oval and are used by the tennis academy. Academic Year 7 WilliamBarak Centre, the WilliamBarak centre is a dedicated 21st century learning space for all...
Healesville Soccer Club that plays in the Victorian State League 4 East. WilliamBarak – a noted Aboriginal artist and Wurundjeri elder who spent much of his...
utilitarian brick construction, it remains in place today underneath the WilliamBarak Bridge. Since 1983, the station has been remotely controlled by Metrol...
Edith Bandt (born 1951): composer, sound artist, academic and performer WilliamBarak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters...
Margaret Preston and Fred Williams. Indigenous art includes works by WilliamBarak and Emily Kngwarreye. The National Gallery at Federation Square also...
collection includes prehistoric tools, 19th Century art by Koori artists WilliamBarak and Tommy McRae, and pieces by contemporary Koori artists. There are...
Gardiners Creek. Bebejan, also known as Jerrum Jerrum and was the father of WilliamBarak, lived on the Yarra River from Heidelberg up to Mount Baw Baw. Mooney...
contact period. When he grew older Beruk, would change his name to WilliamBarak. Bebejan was most probably elevated to tribal leadership after the decimation...
(elder) WilliamBarak discouraged the playing of imported games like cricket and encouraged the traditional native game of marn grook. In 1855 William Anderson...
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