Title Adam and atoms / William Grayden

Published Perth, W.A. : Frank Daniels Pty. Ltd., 1957

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ADPML SPC	305.89915 Gra/Aaa		LIB USE ONLY

Description xii, 174 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm Summary Deals with the Parliamentary investigation into the plight of natives in the inland of W.A., & of what happened to the report which the Select Ctee presented; Investigation covered Laverton district - Central Aust. - Rawlinson Ranges Transcontinental railway; Disposition & no. of natives in area; Missions - Warburton, Mt. Margaret & Cosmo Newberry; notes on basic requirements water, food, medical attention, clothing; Infanticide prevalent; Ctees recommendations; Newspaper reports; Govt. policy, letter from Missionary at Warburton; Includes report by R. & C. Berndt on situation, full medical report by W.S. Davidson with analyses Notes "... tells the story of a Parliamentary investigation [the W.A. Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into Native Welfare Conditions in the Laverton-Warburton Range Area, 1956] into the plight of natives in the inland of Western Australia ... ". The investigation followed questions by MLA W. Grayden on the possible effects of atomic bomb testing at Maralinga, S.A., on Central Australian nomadic Aborigines Also issued online Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Restricted Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Warburton Mission Region Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Warburton Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians. Atomic bomb -- South Australia -- Maralinga -- Testing Ethnology -- Australia -- Western Australia. Ethnology -- Australia -- Western Australia. Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Western Australia. Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) -- Testing. SUBJECT Maralinga (S.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82122158 Author Western Australia. Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into Native Welfare Conditions in the Laverton-Warburton Range Area LC no. 58048062

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