Annie was the daughter of Bebejan who was Ngurungaeta (head man) of the Wurundjeri people and Tooterie, and was the younger sister of William Barak. She was born on the Plenty River at the beginning of Victoria’s European settlement. Annie, known traditionally as Borate attended Merri Creek Mission School in the 1840’s. She bore several children, with only her eldest son, Robert Wandin (Wandoon) surviving to adulthood.
I couldn’t even think of writing a list such as his one and not including Annie Borate. A Matriarch of the Wurundjeri people all Woiwurrung/Wurundjeri people are her descendants through her son Robert Wandin.
I hold a lot of respect for Annie Borate as if it weren’t for her neither I nor my family would be around and our culture would not have survived as long as it has.