THE HOWITT SOCIETY

Failure of government to properly manage the bush

With credit to the ABC the above image is taken from the introduction to its television documentary found on iView: “Can the traumatised survivors of a bushfire-ravaged coastal community seize control of their own destiny, overcome their differences, and save their town from dying?” Raising giants A recent ABC story on “desperate efforts to regenerate […]

Alfred William Howitt – our namesake

Portrait of A W Howitt 1900 by Tom Roberts, Oil on canvas 43.2 x 35.6 cm Monash University Collection, purchased 1967. Courtesy of Monash University Museum of Art When the founders of The Howitt Society were considering a name befitting their concern for the bush, eminent Australian, Alfred William Howitt, was selected given his observations […]