Biographical entry Howitt, Alfred William (1830 - 1908)

Summary

Alfred Howitt, a colonial public servant, undertook broad anthropological research into Aboriginal culture and society. Influenced by the evolutionary hypotheses of the era and anthropological theory, he published widely on kinship and marriage.

Related entries

Archival resources

National Herbarium, Melbourne

• Alfred William Howitt - Records, 1879 - 1889, MSS M11; National Herbarium, Melbourne. Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Alfred William Howitt - Records, 1850 - 1906; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Corris, P., Aborigines and Europeans in Western Victoria, Canberra, 1968. Details

Book Sections

• Stanner, W. E. H., 'Howitt, Alfred William (1830-1908), explorer, natural scientist and pioneer authority on Aboriginal culture and social organization', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 432-435. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040489b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Alfred William Howitt', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 82, no. 1, 1969, pp. 3-5. Details
• Blackburn, G., 'William Howitt and Australian Natural History', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 90, no. 6, 1973, pp. 172-173. Details
• Frazer, J. G., 'Howitt and Fison', Folk-Lore, vol. 20, 1909. Details
• Howitt, M. E. B., 'The Howitts in Australia', Victorian Historical Magazine, vol. 3, 1913. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Victorian Botanists', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 25, 1908, pp. 101-117. Details
• Spencer, W. B., 'Alfred William Howitt', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 24, 1908. Details
• Vallance, T. G., 'Achievement in Isolation: A. W. Howitt, Pioneering Investigator of Metamorphism in Australia', Earth Sciences History, vol. 5, no. 1, 1986, pp. 39-49. Details
• Wardlaw, Judy, 'Alfred William Howitt: Scientific Pioneer in Colonial Victoria', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 68, no. 1, 1997, pp. 79-83. Details
• White, Mary E. B., 'Alfred William Howitt, in Her The Howitts in Australia', Victorian Historical Magazine, vol. 3, 1913, pp. 16-24. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Howitt, A W', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-485804. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000507. Details