AUSTRALIAN NATIVES
GRIEVANCES AIRED
By TulEgulph.—Press association. —Copyright. Perth, March 13. A deputation of aborigines, fullblooded and half-caste, waited on the Premier to air their grievances Among other things, they asked for the unrestricted admission of educated natives to Perth ; that native police should not be placed in control of settlements; that aborigines be allowed to carry firearms, as the prohibition prevented them from making provision for their needs; that there should lie no discrimination between full-bloods and half-castes, and that those educated up to the standard of whites should be exempted from the provisions of the \borigines Act. The deputation opposed the suggested creation of a “Native State,” declaring that it would require as many soldiers and police to look after the “State” as there were aborigines in it..
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 141, 14 March 1928, Page 10
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130AUSTRALIAN NATIVES Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 141, 14 March 1928, Page 10
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