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'On 27 June 1934 a massive marble monument to William Barak (c. 1824–1903) was unveiled in Healesville, 50 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, by the chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Sir John MacFarland, with prayers read by Reverend Donald Cameron, former moderator of the Presbyterian Church. Barak had been the Ngurungaeta, or Elder, of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, and an influential leader for his people. The site, in the main street of Healesville, had been chosen by MacFarland with members of the Australian Natives’ Association, a mutual society with membership restricted to white men born in Australia. The donor of the stone and instigator of the memorial, 96-year-old Anne Fraser Bon, was also present, sheltering at a distance from the persistent rain. Newspaper accounts recorded only one Indigenous witness: ‘an aged Aboriginal, who exhibited a pair of boomerangs held in a pose’.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon The La Trobe Journal no. 103 September 2019 18026093 2019 periodical issue

    'In issue No 103 of the La Trobe Journal, Nikita Vanderbyl looks at the work of Aboriginal Australian artist William Barak, while Myles Russell-Cook gives a personal reflection on the artist.

    'Catherine Padmore revisits the archive of Joan Lindsay, author of Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Patricia Clarke tells the story of Frances Taylor, founder and editor of the journal Woman's world. Edited by Shona Dewar, the reminiscences of Ursula O’Connor look back at her influential 38-year career as a librarian at the Library.

    'Libby Melzer describes the production and likely origin of a remarkable 13th-century pocket Bible, one of the first medieval manuscripts acquired by the Library. Finally, the editor of this issue, Shane Carmody, tells the story of the library of Carlos Barron Lumsden, one volume of which was recently acquired by the Library.' (Journal abstract)

    2019
    pg. 4-5
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