AN ABORIGINAL STORY.
MYSTERY OF CLARA. LONDON, Nov. 30. The Daily Mail states that Mrs E. Turner, of Grantham, believes that she can solve the puzzle of Dr. Donald Thomson, the Australian anthropologist, who found an English-speaking woman named Clara leading a band of spearmen in Arnhem Land. Mrs Turner, whose husband was a well-boring expert in Queensland, states that when she lived at Darwin, from 1923 to 1925, she employed a native girl, Clara, as servant. “We taught her to wear clothes, and she was soon able to speak English. She worked splendidly, blit was a terrific fighter with spears and boomerangs. She developed great intelligence, and married a native police boy. I can well believe that she has become the general instigator of trouble in Arnhem Land.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 15, 15 December 1937, Page 10
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129AN ABORIGINAL STORY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 15, 15 December 1937, Page 10
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