Alfred William Howitt b. 17 April 1830

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Sketcher, amateur photographer, writer, explorer, scientist and public servant, was born in England and came to Victoria in 1852. He became an authority on the geology, botany and Aboriginal culture of Victoria.

Citations

  • Howitt, Alfred William (1904), 'The Native Tribes of South-East Australia’.

  • Howitt, Alfred William & Fison, Lorimer (1880), 'Kamilaroi and Kurnai’.

  • (1980), 'Howitt and Gippsland’, Sale Regional Arts Centre, Sale, Vic., Exhibition booklet.

  • Stanner, W.E.H. (1972), 'Alfred William Howitt’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 4, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.

  • Walker, M.H. (1971), 'Come Wind, Come Weather’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1966), 'Newsreel in 1862: The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information on Howitt’s tombstone.

  • Information sourced from Gilbert, L.A.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870