William Barak
19th century Aboriginal Australian leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]