Life Summary

Name	Alfred William Howitt
Born	17 April, 1830 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	7 March, 1908 (aged 77) Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Boothby, Maria Bradbury (mother-in-law) Boothby, Benjamin (father-in-law) Boothby, Guy Newell (nephew by marriage) Mathews, Robert Hamilton (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	explorer (1859-1863) Victoria, Australia anthropologist (1861-1907) Victoria, Australia public servant (1889-1902) Victoria, Australia public service head (1895-1902) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1906)
Key Events *	Royal Commission on sites for the seat of government of the Commonwealth, 1903 (commissioner) Royal Commission on the Victorian coal industry, 1905-06 (chairman)
Key Organisations *	Geological Society of London (fellow) Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain (fellow) Royal Society of Victoria (councillor) University of Melbourne (council member)
Key Places *	Ballarat goldfields (Vic) (goldminer, 1852-1854) Bendigo goldfields (Vic) (goldminer, 1852-1854) Omeo goldfields (Vic) (magistrate, 1863-1889)

* Dates are approximate

Obituaries Australia