Preliminary report on the Aboriginals of the Northern Territory / by W. Baldwin Spencer

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Spencer, Baldwin, Sir, 1860-1929
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Melbourne : Dept. of External Affairs, 1913
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BULLETIN OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 1
NORTHERN TERRITORY 2
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ABORIGINALS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6
ILLUSTRATIONS. 7
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 8
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ABORIGINALS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 8
MORALITY AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE ABORIGINALS. 13
PRESENT CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT OF THE ABORIGINALS. 15
(a) Aboriginals Living in Towns, &c. 16
(b) Aboriginals Living on Lands such as Those Around the Daly and Roper Rivers, &c. 16
(c) Aboriginals Living on Large Pastoral Areas. 17
(d) Aboriginals Living on Wild Unoccupied Land. 17
TREATMENT OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN. 17
PROTECTORS, ETC. 18
EMPLOYMENT. 19
ISSUING OF PERMITS. 19
RELATION BETWEEN ABORIGINAL AND EMPLOYER. 19
SUPPLY OF OPIUM AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS TO ABORIGINALS. 19
MEDICAL OFFICERS, HOSPITALS, TREATMENT, ETC. 20
PROVISION FOR TREATING CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 20
TRIAL OF ABORIGINALS. 20
CRIMES COMMITTED BY WILD ABORIGINALS AND THE PUNISHMENT OF ABORIGINALS. NECESSITY OF ESTABLISHING AN ABORIGINAL REFORMATORY. 21
HALF-CASTES. 22
PAYMENT AND REMUNERATION OF ABORIGINALS. 22
(a) Aboriginals Living in and about Townships. 24
GENERAL POLICY IN REGARD TO ABORIGINALS. 24
(b) Aboriginals Living More or Less in Their Wild State, and Leading a Nomad Existence. 25
CONTROL AND EQUIPMENT OF RESERVES. 27
EXPENSES OF RESERVES, ETC. 28
RESERVES AND THE LANDS ORDINANCE 28
TRAINING IN THE SCHOOLS AND ON THE STATIONS. 28
PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE ABORIGINALS ACT 1910 AND THE ABORIGINALS ORDINANCE 1911. 29

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