PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES.
*e> ¦ DEPUTATION TO FEDERAL PREMIER. EESERVES TO BE SET ASIDE.. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. SYDNEY, 24th January. An influential deputation lias urged' upon Mr. Fisher, the Prime Minister, the national obligation towards the aboriginal population, and has asked! '¦ for the formulation of a scheme for the proper and humane treatment of the blacks, particularly in view of the Com-, monwealth taking over the Northern Territory. Mr. Fisher promised that suitable land would be made available as sancj tuaries for the blacks, and that they would be protected from exploitation) by his own or any other race, and. . everything done- to make their existence happy. ' [The object of the deputation, whicK was to bo introduced by Mr. Bruce Smith, M.H.R., was to advocate the methods of treatment for the natives embodied in a series of resolutions passed! at a conference held on 16th December last. It was then resolved that the Government be urged to appoint a- commission of enquiry with the view oi drawing up a comprehensive scheme for dealing with all the native obligations' of the Commonwealth ; also that a separate department be instituted for native affairs, with oversight over aborigines, Papuans, and otiier native races, a special Minister being in, charge. The setting apart oUiumWa*
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 7
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211PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 7
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