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Diane E. Barwick was born in Canada in 1938. She arrived in Australia in 1960, and received her doctoral degree from the Australian National University, Canberra. Her work on the history of Aboriginal communities in Victoria (particularly Coranderrk, Framlingham and Lake Tyers) resulted in a number of publications, including her book Rebellion at Coranderrk, published posthumously in 1998. She contributed many articles, book chapters, pamphlets, manuscripts and photographs to Aboriginal scholarship, and was the co-founder of the journal Aboriginal History, which she also edited from 1978 to 1982. She was also actively involved in a number of Aboriginal issues, and was on the Aboriginal Treaty Committee. Throughout her career, she worked to make history more accessible to Aboriginal people through genealogies and biographies. In 1984 she published a journal article, "Mapping the Past: An Atlas of Victorian Clans, 1835-1904", which was a major reference for the compilation of a large Aboriginal biographical index at the AIATSIS. Her work was stopped short by her death in 1986.
Influential anthropologist, historian and human rights activist Diane Barwick was a pioneer of ethnohistory in Australia. She was dedicated to researching the histories of Australian Aboriginal people, particularly of Victoria. She was a founding member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (established 1964), the driving force behind their 12,000 entry strong Aboriginal biographical register (1985) and an extremely well researched and passionate advocate for just representation of Aboriginal history and Aboriginal people as historians. She was editor at both Aboriginal History (1977-1982) and Handbook for Aboriginal and Islander History (1979). Barwick's manuscript Rebellion at Coranderrk was published posthumously in 1998.
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Diane Elizabeth Barwick (1938-1986), anthropologist, historian and Aboriginal-rights activist, was born on 29 April 1938 in Vancouver, Canada, daughter of Ronald Bernard McEachern, forest worker, and his...
Diane Barwick was a political and historical anthropologist. She was renowned for her depth of knowledge about Aboriginal history and culture and her commitment to Aboriginal justice and equality. She migrated from Canada in 1960 to research kin networks among Aboriginal Victorians. In her subsequent career Diane Barwick helped pioneer the discipline of ethnohistory in Australia.
Diane Barwick was a political and historical anthropologist. She was renowned for her depth of knowledge about Aboriginal history and culture and her commitment to Aboriginal justice and equality. She migrated from Canada in 1960 to research kin networks among Aboriginal Victorians. In her subsequent career Diane Barwick helped pioneer the discipline of ethnohistory in Australia.
Anthropologist and historian Dr Diane Barwick, 47, died suddenly in Canberra on Friday night, not having recovered consciousness after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage at work during the morning.
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