AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
AN APPEAL FOR THE HALF-
CASTES
MADE IN NEW SOUTH WALES
PARLIAMENT
United Press Association —Copyright (Received July 14, 12.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 13.
During the debate on the censure motion, Mr. Donaldson, member of the Aborigines Protection Board, made an appeal on behalf of the half-caste children in the aborigines’ camps, who,, he declared, are being dragged up in had surroundings, without a chance of leading useful lives. -Last year there were 2152 full-blooded and 4781 halfcaste aborigines in New South Wales; compared with the year 1882, the fullbloods showed a decrease of 4398 and the half-castes an increase of 2412.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2553, 14 July 1909, Page 5
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104AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2553, 14 July 1909, Page 5
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