Reports on Aboriginal People on Western Australian stations 1899-1902
| Please be aware that the reports include the names of deceased people and descriptions which may be culturally sensitive |
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The Chief Protector of Aborigines, Perth. SOUTHERN HILLS. - Messrs. Talbot, Budge, and Anderson. I did not visit this station, but obtained the following particulars from a drover employed on the station: - Two men, 30 and 50; one woman, 24; one boy, nine. These natives looked well and were well dressed. I have, etc., G. S. OLIVEY, Travelling Inspector. Esperance Bay, 12th March, 1902. |
The Chief Protector of Aborigines, Perth. BALBINIA. - Mr. Brooks. Five men, 22 to 70; five women, 15 to 60, one girl about five years. These natives were employed out on the run shepherding, consequently I did not see them, but am certain from what I saw and know of Mr. Brooks, they are well treated in every way. More natives are employed at shearing time, but most of them clear out afterwards, preferring to go kangarooing, etc., to working continually on a station. I have, etc., G. S. OLIVEY, Travelling Inspector. Esperance Bay, 12th March, 1902. |
The Chief Protector of Aborigines, Perth. TOOKJINNA. - Mr. Vincent. Mr. Vincent employs four men, about 30, six women, 15 to 50, principally kangarooing; these natives appear to do pretty well as they please, and get all they require. At this camp there was another kangaroo hunter, J. Keough, then on his way inland. This man employs one man, 25, and one boy, 10 years, and would give employment to others could he get them. I have, etc., G. S. OLIVEY, Travelling Inspector. Esperance Bay, 12th March, 1902. |
The Chief Protector of Aborigines, Perth. LYNBURN. - (Thomas River). - Messrs. Dalgety and Co., formerly owned by Mr. C. Taylor ; managed by Mr. A. J. MacKay. On this station there were seven natives on relief, as follows:— (1.) Wooderey, alias Biddy, female, 50. (2.) Dickeyman, alias Fanny, female, 40, mother of the four children. (3.) Minnie, female, 11. (4.) Guearbie, alias Topsy, female, 5. (5.) Cowaneat, alias Charlie, male, 8. (6.) Boyaneat, alias Dick, male, 4. (7.) Tabitol, alias Gilbery, male, 60. No. 2, Dickeyman, has a man working on the place, and apparently a good native, so that in future, from the 1st inst., the station will keep this woman, and shortly Mr. MacKay will employ the girl Minnie, who is quite able to do housework. The other children are not yet able to do much. The old man, Gilbert, I met on my way to Esperance. He had been for a spell, Mr. MacKay having given him ration and an order on a storekeeper for a further supply. These natives get a very liberal ration, certainly fully the amount allowed, besides getting clothes, etc. Three men, 30 to 45, and one woman, 30, are employed, and all well fed and treated. I have, etc., G. S. OLIVEY, Travelling Inspector. Esperance Bay, 12th March, 1902. |
ISRAELITE BAY. - Mr. H. Dimer. Unfortunately Mr. Dimer was away at the time I visited the Bay, and as the relieved natives were some distance out I did not see them either, but the postmaster, Mr. Barwick, informed me they were all in order and got a fair thing. One of the natives on your list is dead, viz., Yagawah. Another, a boy, Billy, has been working for Dimer of late, and a half-caste girl, Lucy, is now at New Norcia. Kindly send a supply of pain-killer and eucalyptus oil; also pot. permanganate (4oz.), flowers of sulphur (½lb.), and lint. Above had better be sent to Mr. Barwick for distribution as required. Mr Dimer employs the following natives:— Jacob, half-caste, 11. Dicky, 20, and woman, 20. Coffee Pot, male, 24, and woman. Long Ben, male, 33, and woman. Mr Barwick suggested that some clothes be sent up for the natives on relief. I advised him to tell Mr. Dimer to write you up on the subject. I have, etc., G. S. OLIVEY, Travelling Inspector. Esperance Bay, 12th March, 1902. |