and botany for the library of the Royal Society; these books were inscribed "Purchased from A. W. Howitt Memorial Fund". He was appointed CMG in the 1906 Birthday Honours. Howitt died in 1908 in Bairnsdale, Victoria. The recreational park named in his honour is located adjacent to the Mitchell River Bridge on the eastern side of Bairnsdale. Howitt's scientific life shared a special irony with that of his longtime friend Lorimer Fison. They were both set in motion by Lewis Henry Morgan; Morgan pinned more hope on Fison than on Howitt. However, Fison gave up his scientific pursuit shortly after Morgan's death, whereas Howitt persevered for many years. Howitt's magnum opus, The Native Tribes of South East Australia (1904), remains one of the only contemporaneous scientific studies of the native institutions of Central Australian Aborigines. Recognition Mount Howitt in Victoria, and Howitt Hall, one of Monash University's Halls of Residence are named after him. Howitt Street in Kingston Canberra, Howitt street in Traralgon and a major street in Porsche suburb of Kingston is also named after him. It is likely that Howitt, a locality beside the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland, is named after him as many localities in the area are named after those connected to the Burke and Wills expedition. References Howitt, Alfred William, 1870, 15 March 1870. "Experiences in Central Australia". Gippsland Times. Howitt, Alfred William, 1878. "Notes on the Aborigines of Coopers Creek". In R. B. Smyth (Ed.), The Aborigines of Victoria. Howitt, Alfred William, 1889. "Note as to descent in the Dieri tribe". Journal of the Anthropological Institute. Vol. 19, p. 90. Howitt, Alfred William, 1890. "The Dieri and other kindred tribes of Central Australia". Journal of the Anthropological Institute. Vol. 20, pp. 30–104. Howitt, Alfred William, 1898. "Reminiscences of Central Australia". Alma Mater. Vol. 3 (No. 1). Howitt, Alfred William, 1907. "Personal reminiscences of Central Australia and the Burke and Wills Expedition: Presidents inaugural address". Journal of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. 1907 (Adelaide, 1907.), 43p. Howitt, Alfred William, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, & Siebert Otto, 1904. Legends of the Dieri and kindred tribes of Central Australia. London: Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. External links State Library of Victoria biography Bright Sparcs biographical entry Brief biograph including photo Terra Incognita Burke and Wills online exhibition at the State Library of Victoria. Burke & Wills Web