Arweet
As arweet one is Elder a Aboriginestamms referred. An Arweet holds an important position with the Aborigines of the Boon wurrung and Wathaurong , two Aboriginal tribes of the indigenous Australians, the Kulin Alliance, who lived in the area from Western Port , Port Phillip , Geelong to Ballarat .
A arweet is the leader of his Aboriginal tribe and has the same status as a ngurungaeta the Wurundjeri .
Well-known significant Arweet are:
- Derrimut (1810–1864), an important Arweet of the Yalukit Willam clan of the Bunurong
- Ningerranarro (1847) as Benbow of Boon wurrung known
- Noonallaboon (1842–1844), from the Burrumbeet Balug clan of the Wathaurong
- Balybalip also called Bullurp Bullurp , Bil-le-bil-lup and Billy of Ballarat (1823–1881) from the clan of the Burrumbeet Balug of the Wathaurong
- Worope from the Burrumbeet Balug clan of the Wathaurong
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Carolyn Briggs, Boon wurrung Arweets Carolyn Briggs ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, in English, November 9, 2008
- ↑ a b c d Tardis Enterprises Pty Ltd, cultural heritage advisors, Stockyard Hill Wind Farm - Desktop Cultural Heritage Assessment ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in English, accessed November 9, 2008
- ↑ Ian D. Clark, AccessMyLibrary : You have all this place, no good have children ... "Derrimut: traitor, savior, or a man of his people? , In the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 1 December 2005 , in English, accessed November 8, 2008
