Typed lists of names of Victorian Aboriginal tribes and clans, and of Victorian towns, rivers, mountains and reserves. Lower case font and capital letters are used to distinguish between tribes and clans. Possibly used in Diane Barwick's PhD thesis, or in her article entitled 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, published in Aboriginal History 1984 8(2).

Contains thirteen typed A4 pages, including some duplicates, one plastic and one cardboard page, and six small typed name labels showing one name per label. Approximately 30-50 names per sheet. Housed in a used envelope addressed to Diane Elizabeth Barwick from Sally Weaver and postdated 1982.

Sheets include:
'Lower case italics - clans of unknown moiety - [including] Weeripmo-bulluc, Tarn-ber-re-conedeet, Teerinyellum-conedeet';

'Appendix - Atlas of Clans: [including] Bunurong, Woiworung, Wathaurung - Bunurong, 1, 2 [figures are in superscript]';

'Tribal names - larger size caps - [including] WOIWORUNG, TAUNGURONG, BUNURONG, NGURAI-ILLAM-WURRUNG [ellipsis] Clan Names [ellipsis] CAPS: (crow clans) [and] lower case: eaglehawk clans'.

Contains two bundles of papers from Diane Elizabeth Barwick's research into clan boundaries among the Kurnai people, and written history of same. First bundle includes typescript that looks to be a draft copy of the intended article on this subject, a table entitled 'Reorganization of Bulmers list - nd - in AWH [A. W. Howitt] papers', a Clan Identification list, and various photocopied maps and other documents. Second bundle contains annotated extracts from various publications by Howitt and possibly other authors also.

Diane Barwick looks to have intended to publish this research in a subsequent article to 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part 1, Aboriginal History 1984 8(2), which is listed in inventory item BARI00062 (Series 3).

A4 sheets. Original manila envelope is included in item.

Contains a draft narrative in full, including footnotes, entitled 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Clan and Tribal Names in Central and Eastern Victoria, 1835-1904'. Consists of typed, pasted sections of annotated narrative.

A4-sized sheets. Originally housed in a labelled manila folder.

Contains assorted papers related to Diane Elizabeth Barwick's research into clan boundaries in Aboriginal Victoria. For Diane Barwick's published article on this subject see 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, Aboriginal History, 1984 8(2). Copies of this article can be found in inventory item BARI00062 (Series 3).

This item contains:
Copies of sections of the map published in 'Mapping the Past - Part I';

Draft copy of the bibliography for 'Mapping the Past - Part I';

Partial handwritten list of Aboriginal nations and clans entitled 'Mapping the Past - Part II';

Annotated published extracts of text and maps, sections of Diane Barwick's draft narrative, typed references and handwritten notes related to 'Mapping the Past - Part I';

Other loose notes.

Mostly A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains assorted papers related to Diane Elizabeth Barwick's research into clan boundaries in Aboriginal Victoria. For Diane Barwick's published article on this subject see 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, Aboriginal History, 1984 8(2). Copies of this article can be found in inventory item BARI00062 (Series 3).

This item contains:
Typed notes covering location, boundaries, etc, for clan units within each -wurrung list for the Taungurong, Wathaurung, Bunurong and Woiworung clans;

A set of notes, mostly typed, at rough draft stage, entitled 'Wavoroo-Wiradjuri Albury drafts 1985'. Title page in this set reads 'Wiradjuri Ownership of Albury Region, N.S.W.: A Report for Albury and District Local Aboriginal Land Council' and is dated 30 December 1984.

Mostly A4 sheets and some small fragments.

Contains assorted papers related to Diane Elizabeth Barwick's research into clan boundaries in Aboriginal Victoria. For Diane Barwick's published article on this subject see 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, Aboriginal History, 1984 8(2). Copies of this article can be found in inventory item BARI00062 (Series 3).

This item contains:
Rough notes, mostly handwritten, and annotated extracts. Originally housed in a manila folder entitled 'Jarcoort/Kolakgnat - Katu Banuut';

Photocopied typescript extracts of 'Mapping the Past - Part I', annotated by Diane Elizabeth Barwick;

'On the Aborigines of the Goulburn District' by W. H. Baylie, 1843, published in 1943 in the Port Phillip Magazine;

A brief list of names on an A4 sheet beginning with 'Harlequin', and a research reference, written on an index card, beginning 'p13 Da'.

Mostly A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains annotated extracts from the ethnographic papers of A. W. Howitt. Extracts include '52pp MS [manuscript] of Ch [Chapter] 2 tribal org [organisation] 13/3/02', extract from Sale Notebook dated 1882, etc.

Also includes annotated extracts from ethnographic writing by the Reverend David MacKenzie, and from Queanbeyan: District and People by Errol Lea-Scarlett.

From a manila folder, labelled in full 'AWH [A. W. Howitt] Papers - Kulin and NE and Informants Data -warung and Cumero [sic] - Kulin - Omeo - Theddora - Walgal - Ngarigo - Yuin'. Folder originally housed within a cardboard box-file labelled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', in Dick Barwick's hand. A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains revised copy of article entitled 'Bemeringal of the south-eastern highlands' by Jo M. Flood, sent to Diane Elizabeth Barwick for comments and intended for publication in Aboriginal History. Includes draft map of Aboriginal communities in the Canberra region, Flood's cover letter, and Diane Barwick's comments. Annotated.

Also includes 'Anthropological Notes' by Richard Helms, dated 1895, and four annotated extracts from the ethnographic papers of A. W. Howitt.

From a manila folder, labelled in full 'AWH [A. W. Howitt] Papers - Kulin and NE and Informants Data-warung and Comeo - Kulin - Omeo - Theddora - Walgal - Ngarigo - Yuin'. Folder originally housed within a cardboard box-file labelled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', in Dick Barwick's hand. A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains annotated extracts from the ethnographic papers of A. W. Howitt. Includes notes entitled 'nd [not dated] Albury NSW [New South Wales] Yakonda etc'; 'Omeo and Maneroo kin terms'; 'Kulin intiation'; etc.

From a manila folder, labelled in full 'AWH [A. W. Howitt] Papers - Kulin and NE and Informants Data-warung and Comeo - Kulin - Omeo - Theddora - Walgal - Ngarigo - Yuin'. Folder originally housed within a cardboard box-file labelled in Dick Barwick's hand 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. Foolscap sheets.

Contains assorted papers created by A. W. Howitt or on subjects regarding anthropological and historical research into the Canberra area.

This item contains:

Extract from 'Australian Group-relationships' by A. W. Howitt;

Brief family tree entitled 'Kiewa-Beechworth 1880'. One page;

Four photocopied extracts from published sources regarding Myrtleford, Coastal archaeology in Eastern Australia, Kiandra and Talbingo;

Canberra Historical Journal, 1984, which includes an article entitled 'Recent Research on Traditional Aboriginal Society of the Canberra Area' by Jo Flood.

From a manila folder, labelled in full 'AWH [A. W. Howitt] Papers - Kulin and NE and Informants Data-warung and Comeo - Kulin - Omeo - Theddora - Walgal - Ngarigo - Yuin'. Folder originally housed within a cardboard box-file labelled in Dick Barwick's hand 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. Foolscap sheets.

Contains assorted loose PhD fieldwork and subsequent research notes, and a published extract.

This item contains:
Collection of summary notes and bibliographic references regarding smallpox and other subjects. These notes refer to Curr 1886-87, Edward Stone Parker, Baraparapa/ Wemba Wemba, R. H. Mathews, etc. Typed and handwritten;

Loose notes that look to relate to Diane Elizabeth Barwick's research into tribal boundaries as published in 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, Aboriginal History, 1984 8(2). Aboriginal names and terms referred to include Witch - Wundaiuk and Wotjo-Ballaiuk. Typed and handwritten;

Transcript of interview notes that begins 'Mrs Luise Hercus - personal communication 10/6/64'. These notes refer to Stan Day, Nancy Egan, Doug Nicholls, etc;

Annotated copy of 'Ethnohistorical and linguistic evidence for site patterning in north western Victoria: The testing of an archaeological model' by Anne Ross.

Originally housed in a cardboard box-file labelled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', in Dick Barwick's hand. A4 and foolscap sheets, also small fragments.

Contains annotated anthropological extracts as follows:

'The Aborigines of Lake Boga, Victoria' by A. C. Stone, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1911;

'Australia: Linguistics. The Survival of Victorian Languages' by L. Hercus, Mankind, 1965;

'Some Aspects of the Form and Use of the Trial Number in Victorian Languages and in Arabana' by L. A. Hercus, Mankind, 1966;

'The Aborigines of the Mallee', Aldo Massola, reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1966.

Enclosed in a labelled manila folder that features extensive notes on the front cover which begin 'GAR 1846: 6 "…the Burappui inhabiting the lower Loddon…" '. Folder was originally housed in a cardboard box-file labelled in Dick Barwick's hand 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. A4 sheets.

Contains assorted notes and photocopied extracts regarding the Wiradjuri people, language, genealogies, etc.

This item contains a loose collection of papers including:
Dated entries regarding developments at Lake Tyers, involving the McRae family and others, c.1920s-1930s. Handwritten;

'A Bibliography of the Riverina, Part 2', K. J. Swan, Wagga Wagga Teachers College, 1968;

Brief family tree. Main surnames featured are Fenton, Allen and Swift. One page;

'Vocubulary of the Wiradhuri Language' by James J. Baylis. Handwritten list, three pages;

Other similar items. Small fragmentary notes have been secured by paper clip to final sheet.

Also contains a report entitled 'The Concept of Boundaries in Relation to the Wiradjuri People of Inland New South Wales: An Assessment of Inter-group relations at the Time of European Conquest' by Gaynor M. Macdonald, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney, 1983.

Originally housed in a labelled manila folder labelled 'Wiradjuri - Sources', within a cardboard box-file labelled in Dick Barwick's hand 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. A4 sheets and small fragments.

Contains two stapled sets of notes from A. W. Howitt's papers. The first is entitled 'MS 236 Howitt Papers Index - vol 5 - Box 9' and the second is entitled 'AWH box 9 Folder 3 Papers 8'. First set looks to briefly describe contents of Howitt papers by box and folder, and second set looks to index key terms. Handwritten.

Originally housed loose in a cardboard box-file labelled in Dick Barwick's hand 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. A4 sheets.

This item contains assorted historical notes compiled by Diane Elizabeth Barwick about early contact between Aboriginal and White Australians in Victoria, and a draft copy of 'Nanny's Story: Reconstructing the Impact of Early Pastoralism in the Murray Valley' by Marian Aveling (later known as Marian Quartly) and Diane Barwick which looks to have been supplied to Aveling by Richard Barwick. This collection of notes look to have been supplied to Dr Marie Fels on 23 September 1996 by Richard Barwick.

Also contains photocopied data list arranged by dialect and compiled by Jennifer Laycock, and two maps, regarding Aboriginal languages in Victoria. Dixon 1980 is cited. Originally enclosed in a plastic sleeve.

These two sets of papers were originally part of a wider set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Originally housed in a cardboard box-file labelled in Dick Barwick's hand 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. A4 sheets.

Contains assorted photocopied extracts, notes, draft narratives and a family tree regarding Dhudhuroa and Waveroo people, language, clan boundaries, history, etc. Includes for example 'Appendix 2 - Identification of Clan Names and Languages in Upper Murray Region, Northeastern Victoria', featuring Diane Barwick's handwritten note 'Dec [December] 1981 for McRae paper'.

Originally housed in a manila folder entitled 'Dhudhuroa - Some Waveroo notes'. Part of a set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Enclosed in a cardboard box-file entitled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. Both titles are in Richard Barwick's hand, but former title is an expanded version of Diane Barwick's title on side-bar of folder, which reads 'Dhudhuroa'. A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains assorted notes, maps and draft sections of narrative, mostly regarding the Pangerang groups whose language came to be known as the Yorta Yorta.

This research was possibly intended for publication as the subsequent part to an article by Diane Barwick entitled 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, Aboriginal History 1984 8(2). See note following the Appendices of 'Mapping the Past' Part I about intended scope of Part II.

Also contains abstract of conference paper presented by Diane Elizabeth Barwick at the Third International Conference on Hunter-Gatherers in Bad Homburg, Germany, 13-16 June 1983. Abstract is entitled 'Mapping the Past: Clan and Tribal Boundaries of the 'Kulin Nation' and their Neighbours in Victoria, Australia, 1835-1904'. This conference paper was a draft version of 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904' Part I, Aboriginal History, 1984 8(2).

Originally housed in a manila folder entitled 'mostly Pangerang drafts - some Yota Yota [sic] language notes. MAPS'. Part of a set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Enclosed in a cardboard box-file entitled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta'. Both titles are in Richard Barwick's hand, but former title is an expanded version of Diane Barwick's title on side-bar of folder, which reads 'Pangerang'. A4 and foolscap sheets, and smaller fragments.

Contains rough notes and a draft narrative regarding locations, clan histories and languages of various Aboriginal communities around the Murray River region, including the Thar-a-mirttong, Warrarakbulluks, Ballung-kara-mittung-bula, etc.

Also includes a map of what appear to be pastoral runs in the Murray River region, and a letter from Beverley Blaskett [Nairn] to Diane Elizabeth Barwick regarding the records of the death in police custody in 1840 of an Aboriginal man called Harlequin.

Originally housed in a manila folder. Title on front cover of folder reads 'Waveroo and Tare-re-mittang (? Sp [spelling]) notes', in Richard Barwick's hand. Part of a set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Enclosed in a cardboard box-file entitled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', also in Richard Barwick's hand. A4 and foolscap sheets, and smaller fragments.

Contains draft narrative about the location and clan history of the Ngurai-Illam-Wurrung clan.

Originally housed in a labelled manila folder. Part of a set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Enclosed in a cardboard box-file entitled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', in Richard Barwick's hand. A4 and foolscap sheets, and smaller fragments.

Contains notes regarding the location, chiefs and languages of the Ngarigo and Woi-Banurong people in Victoria. Second set of notes consists of numbered extracts drawn from 'GAR' [probably George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of Aborigines in Port Phillip, 1839-50] reports and journals.

Notes are grouped roughly in two sets, neither is labelled. Part of a set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Enclosed in a cardboard box-file entitled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', in Richard Barwick's hand. A4 sheets, and smaller fragments.

Contains assorted notes and extracts regarding the locations, languages, tribes' and individuals' names, etc, of various Victorian Aboriginal clans and moities, including Wauerong, Darngorong, Ngurai, Wiradjuri, etc. Sources include the papers of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of Aborigines in Port Phillip 1839-50, and R. M. W. Dixon's Language Files.

Notes are grouped in two sets, neither is labelled. Part of a set of papers tied with string, which look to have been grouped together by Richard Barwick after Diane Elizabeth Barwick's death. Enclosed in a cardboard box-file entitled 'Some Files Relating to Victorian Tribes - Some Yorta Yorta', in Richard Barwick's hand. A4 sheets, and smaller fragments.

This item contains assorted photocopied extracts from manuscripts, notebooks and other papers of A. W. Howitt. Includes references to G. W. Rusden, Coranderrk, Woiworrung, Bulmer, Bundawal tales, etc.

This item also contains Aboriginal vocabulary list. An official document featuring the name of Edward M. Curr. Two pages.

Originally housed in a manila folder. Additional note on front cover reads '[Ebenezer - crossed out] and Murray - [SH?] - check thru and [eliminate?] Cumeroo'. A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains photocopied letters featuring observations and comments about Aboriginal people and culture, written by J. M. Bulmer to A. W. Howitt. Mostly addressed from Lake Tyers or Sale.

Originally housed in a manila folder. Additional note on front cover reads '[Ebenezer - crossed out] and Murray - [SH?] - check thru and [eliminate?] Cumeroo'. A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains photocopied extracts from Wreck Bay: An Aboriginal Fishing Community by Brian J. Egloff, and from Maffra: The History of the Shire to 1975 by Doris Kemp. The latter extract features a note from Diane Barwick commenting on background to omission from book of references to Aboriginal people and Ramahyuck.

Originally housed in a manila folder. Additional note on front cover reads '[Ebenezer - crossed out] and Murray - [SH?] - check thru and [eliminate?] Cumeroo'. A4 sheets.

Contains maps, sections of drafts entitled 'Draft I', 'Draft II', etc, in typed and pasted form (annotated), and photocopies of pages of typescript. Relates to 'Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans 1835-1904', Part I, by Diane Elizabeth Barwick, published in Aboriginal History 1984 8(2). Foolscap, A4, and smaller sheets.

Small used label from unidentified file, found loose in inventory item BARI01345. Title continues 'MS [manuscript] 1968 and peoples 1983'.

Contains assorted loose notes, diagrams of kin terms, bibliographic references, sections of draft narrative and other related papers about Aboriginal languages and clans in Victoria. Papers look to relate to the Kulin nation. Sources include H. N. Nelson (1966); Dawson 1881; R. H. Mathews papers; Smyth 1878: II; etc.

Also contains Diane Elizabeth Barwick's referee's report on 'Intensification: a late Pleistocene-Holocene archaeological sequence from southwestern Victoria' by H. Lourandos. Report is for J. Peter White, editor of Archaeology in Oceania. Report is dated October 1982.

Also contains Diane Barwick's draft review of A Nation of Strangers: G. A. Robinson and the 'Manemeet'.

From a manila folder. Notes on front cover continue: 'mainly Dixon MSS [manuscripts] from GAR [George Augustus Robinson] 6/83 - NB Jim Watson screed re Lourandos etc Sydney U [University] - pop [population] [interests?] and nations in Australia -- Complex reply to Lourandos'. A4 sheets and smaller.

Contains historical excerpts about Victoria.

Sources include:
Corinella by P. J. F. Coutts;
'Derrimut - An Aborigine of the Yarra Tribe' by Cecily M. Tudehope, The Victorian Naturalist, 1963;
'A Vocabulary of the "Western Port" Aborigines' by George Gordon McCrae, Victorian Historical Magazine 1916-17;
The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire by Niel Gunson, 1968.

From a manila folder. Additional title on folder reads 'W. N. Gunson'. Bibliographic reference on inside cover of folder reads 'Munn, Nancy D. - WALBIRI ICONOGRAPHY' etc. Mostly A4 and foolscap sheets.

Contains assorted historical extracts about western Victoria.

Sources are:
The Lake Condah Aboriginal Mission by Keith Cole;

Swan Hill by Arthur Feldtmann;

A People's History of Portland and District - Section One: The Aborigines by J. G. Wiltshire;

'Water in the Mallee' by Sir Ronald East, Victorian Historical Magazine, 1967;

'Aborigines in the Southern Mallee of Victoria' by Keith C. Hofmaier, Victorian Historical Magazine, 1960;

'The Early Settlement of the Eastern Shores of Port Phillip Bay' by George Gordon McCrae, Victorian Historical Magazine, 1911.

From a manila folder. Additional title on folder reads 'W. N. Gunson'. Bibliographic reference on inside cover of folder reads 'Munn, Nancy D. - WALBIRI ICONOGRAPHY' etc. Mostly A4 and foolscap sheets.