# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-barak
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:16:13.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-barak"
name: "William Barak"
slug: "william-barak"
description: "William Barak, named Beruk by his parents, the \"last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe\", was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, the pre-colonial inhabitants of present-day Melbourne, Australia. He became an influential spokesman for Aboriginal social justice and an important informant on Wurundjeri cultural lore."
tagline: "Aboriginal Australian leader in the Melbourne area in early colonial Victoria (c.1824–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Barak%2C_1902.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1824"
deathDate: "1903-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             6.282107574094402
  historical:           8.376893333333333
  currentAttention:     16.66666666666666
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ويليام باراك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ويليام باراك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barak"
    title: "William Barak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A7"
    title: "ויליאם ברק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951510"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump