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
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Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
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