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Arweet

Arweet/Ngarweet is an important tribal position in the Boonwurrung and Wathaurong peoples of the Indigenous Australian Kulin alliance who live from Western Port, Port Phillip, Geelong to Ballarat. An Arweet is a leader or headman and holds a similar tribal standing as a ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people. Notable Arweet include: * Derrimut (1810c - 1864), arweet of the Yalukit-willam clan of the Boonwurrung people * Ningerranarro (died 1847) also known as Old Benbow of the Boonwurrung * Noonallaboon (1842–1844), Burrumbeet balug of the Wathaurong * Balybalip also called Bullurp Bullurp, Bil-le-bil-lup, and King Billy of Ballarat (c.1823-1881), Burrumbeet balug * Carolyn Briggs

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Arweet/Ngarweet is an important tribal position in the Boonwurrung and Wathaurong peoples of the Indigenous Australian Kulin alliance who live from Western Port, Port Phillip, Geelong to Ballarat. An Arweet is a leader or headman and holds a similar tribal standing as a ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people. Notable Arweet include: * Derrimut (1810c - 1864), arweet of the Yalukit-willam clan of the Boonwurrung people * Ningerranarro (died 1847) also known as Old Benbow of the Boonwurrung * Noonallaboon (1842–1844), Burrumbeet balug of the Wathaurong * Balybalip also called Bullurp Bullurp, Bil-le-bil-lup, and King Billy of Ballarat (c.1823-1881), Burrumbeet balug * Carolyn Briggs

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  1. date of death: 1847 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of death is "1847". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1107903566

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