Victorian Aboriginal Group [sixteenth annual report]

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Accession[1987.0162] Papers of the Leeper FamilyIdentifierUMA-ITE-1987016200073Scope and ContentAnnual report for year ending 30 June 1945 [2 copies]. Includes information relating to membership, meetings, finances, publications, events and excursions. Speakers mentioned include: Valentine Leeper on the James Noble Memorial Fund; Reverand H. M. Arrowsmith on long range policies for native welfare; Miss Ruth Swann [Secretary of the Association for the Protection of Native Races, N.S.W.] on the current situation in Lake Tyers; Mr. R. H. Croll and M. A. O. Neville on the Child Welfare Exhibition. Mention of the publications: Professor Elkin's "Citizenship for Aborigines"; the A.P.N.R.'s "The Protector"; Grace Sitlington's "Diet ... in North-Western New South Wales", the latter focusing on dietary inadequacies in Aboriginal groups camped riverside in North-Western NSW.
Annual Report includes 'Notes from all States' which summarises interstate developments and activities with Aboriginal Australians and Missions.
NATURAL: Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society; Cummeraguna Football Team; Lake Cargelligo Station; Cherbourg [Government Station]; Malnutrition.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1987.0162 Unit 0004

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CreatorLeeper FamilyRoleProvenance

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Date1945

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Previous System ID1987.0162.00073

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SubjectAboriginal AustraliansArt - Crafts - Baskets and basketmakingChild welfareEducationEmployment - Conditions - Wages - Equal wagesHousingReligions - Christianity - MissionsSocial identity - Mixed descentSocial welfareSubject (Place)Croker Island (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13) Katherine River (NT Top End SD53-05, SD53-09, SD53-12)Lake Cargelligo (SW NSW SI55-06)Cherbourg / Barambah (SE Qld SG56-10)Udialla (WA West Kimberley SE51-07)Cape Barren Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)

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Victorian Aboriginal Group [sixteenth annual report]