Person
Barwick, Diane Elizabeth (1938 - 1986)
- Born
- 29 April 1938
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Died
- 4 April 1986
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Anthropologist, Author and Historian
Summary
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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Chronology
- 1959
- Education - Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Researcher in West Coast Indian material culture and ethnohistory, Provincial Museum of Natural History and Anthropology, Victoria, British Columbia
- 1960 - 1964
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1966 - 1972
- Career position - Research fellow in the department of anthropology and sociology, Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU
- 1974 - 1978
- Career position - Tutor and lecturer in anthropology in the Faculty of Arts, ANU (intermittent)
- 1977 - 1982
- Career position - Founding editor of Aboriginal History
- 1979
- Career position - Co-editor of the Handbook for Aboriginal and Islander History
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - Temporary research fellow in the department of history, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU
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Archival resources
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Diane Elizabeth Barwick (1938-1986) - Records, MS 13521; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Rowse, Tim, 'Barwick, Diane Elizabeth (1938-1986), Anthropologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 69-71. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barwick-diane-elizabeth-76. Details
Journal Articles
- Ryan, Lyndall, 'Dr. Diane E. Barwick (Obituary)', Australian Historical Association Bulletin, 47 (June) (1986), 5-6. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5271396. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/43161126. Details
- McCarthy, Ann, and McCarthy, Gavan, Diane Elizabeth Barwick (1938-1986) Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2007, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/barw/barw.htm. Details
- 'Barwick, Diane (19380429-19860404)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-476500. Details
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Created: 20 December 2012, Last modified: 18 March 2013