William Barak
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William Barak, named Beruk by his parents, the "last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe", was the last traditional ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, the pre-colonial inhabitants of present-day Me
William Barak in 1866
Barak's grave and headstone at Coranderrk cemetery
Figures in possum-skin cloaks, 1898 by William Barak.
William Barak Apartment building, Swanston Square in central Melbourne. The facade forms a portrait of Barak.
Wurundjeri
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The Wurundjeri people are an Aboriginal people of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. Together with the Boonwurrung people they are the traditional owners of the Yarra River Valley, co
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) 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…
Aboriginals at Merri Creek by Charles Troedel, 1864