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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Welfare for the Year Ended 30Th June 1957 Some images of Indigenous people have been removed from this document for sensitivity reasons. If you wish to see copies of the photographs, please contact the AIATSIS Library at [email protected] 1958 WESTERN AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Commissioner of Native Welfare FOR THE Year ended 30th June, 1957 2 8 AUG 1963 PERTH : By Authority : ALEX. B. DAVIES, Government Printer 1958 10115/1/58—360 Digitised by AIATSIS Library 2008 - www.aiatsis.gov.au/library The HON. J. J. BRADY, M.LA. Minister for Native Welfare Sir, In conformity with Section 73 (6) of the Native Welfare Act, 1905-54, I submit herewith my report on the condition and welfare of the natives and transactions of the Depart­ ment for the year ended 30th June, 1957. S. G. MIDDLETON, Commissioner of Native Welfare Digitised by AIATSIS Library 2008 - www.aiatsis.gov.au/library DEPARTMENT OF NATIVE WELFARE Annual Report of the Commissioner As usual the record for the year is full of interest, not because of any spectacular Government or public achievement but rather because of the more superficial variety engendered by sensationalism and an obvious exploitation of public ignorance. It would seem from this and past experiences in similar circum­ stances that logic and commonsense become submerged in the average public mind when the emotions are aroused. It is also unfortunately true of our public relations system that whereas the noisy suburbanite with only a few days of contact with desert natives in their natural environment may have free and un­ restricted access to the various media of public expression the Civil Servant, however well qualified he may be to express opinion on the subject is seldom permitted to do so. Within the limits of its financial and manpower resources, the Department is assisting the natives of this State in every possible and practical way ; let those who carp and criticise put their shoulders to the wheel in the same way and to the same extent and the State will have something worthwhile to show for its efforts. But if they continue to be content with sitting on the fence and sniping at and leaving everything to an undernourished and under staffed Government Department, then there will be material for controversy and emotionalism, and grounds for criticism and complaint, when generations yet unborn are gone and forgotten. Beyond dealing with the recent controversy in these general terms, I do not propose wasting my time and space on it. For the record, however, I have included in this report a complete review of the matter by Mr. B. A. McLarty, District Officer—in whose District the subject natives resided—and as appendices the reports of the Parliamentary Select Committee, Drs. R. and C. Berndt (Anthropologists), Dr. Davidson (Deputy Commissioner of Public Health), and Mr. McLarty, all of whom visited the Warburton Mission and/or the Warburton-Rawlinson Reserve. I also append for general information copy of a letter I received from the Head Teacher and Matron, respectively, of the Warburton Ranges Mission (Mr. and Mrs. Graham), dated 7th February, 1957, at the height of the controversy :— 61, Cawkell Street, MALVERN, VIC. 7th February, 1957. Mr. Middleton, Commissioner of Native Welfare, PERTH. Dear Sir, I trust you do not mind me writing to you about the many press reports re the recent findings of the Select Committee who investigated conditions amongst natives at Warburton Ranges. My husband is the head teacher at the Government School and I am in charge of the hospital work at the Warburton Mission. Since being home in Melbourne we have been beseiged with enquiries from various organisations, committees, societies, press reporters, etc. We are most concerned with the attitude of the people here, and feel that a wrong impres­ sion has been given. It has been suggested through newspapers, and by interested folk that " truck loads of food and medical supplies should be immediately sent as first-aid measure to 5 Digitised by AIATSIS Library 2008 - www.aiatsis.gov.au/library the Warburton Ranges natives ". I have noted in one article, that you stated that " the natives are not starving though may be suffering from malnutrition ". This is very true and we support this entirely. We do want you to know that we appreciate what your Department has done for our Mission. I am speaking as Matron of the Mission Hospital and I have openly commended the Medical Department through your Department for their generosity and assist­ ance in supplying adequate and sufficient medical supplies and equipment for our hospital. The position is this, that while it was certainly very true that a group of approximately 30 adults and 20 children came in from Rawlinson Ranges in such a shocking condition, it is very wrong to give the public the impression that natives in the Laverton-Warburton-Rawlinson area are dying of malnutrition, thirst and disease. When the Rawlinson group came in they were immediately given clothing, food and medical attention. I nursed several as inpatients at the hospital. I do believe that 4 may have died if they had not come in just then. Some of them did have yaws in advanced forms. These were given courses of treatment and even the " woman with her hand rotting off from wrist to elbow " was cured and skin healed well. It was not correct as the Select Committee's report stated, that the woman's arm is permanently stiff and will be virtually " permanently useless ". She was able to move her arm quite well and was digging for rabbits before she left our Mission. When the people arrived at the mission, they were given 3 hot meals daily and were camped near" the hospital until they were all well and strong enough to go to the main camp. We were able to keep them on full rations because your Department had authorised 3 months full rations to be issued to all those natives. The day before we left the Mission (24th December), all the people including the War- burton natives went off on their Christmas walkabout. These Rawlinson natives were quite well by this time though of course still very thin We are not writing on behalf of the U.A.M. but as those who were there when the people came in and had the privilege of helping them. Would you please consider this letter as purely personal. We do not want to pretend that there is nothing more that can be done for our natives, but on the other hand, the public do not hear of what has been achieved. Our people, and children's homes are still very primitive, but we realise that this is an Australian wide respon­ sibility, and all should contribute to the welfare of these natives of our land. We are working at the Warburtons, primarily to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to the natives, but we also believe that is is essential to give physical assistance as well as spiritual. We thank you for your past assistance and trust that your future efforts may continue to be such a help to those of us working at the mission and to the natives themselves. Yours sincerely, JAMES GRAHAM, Head Teacher. OLIVE GRAHAM, Matron. Towards the end of the year under report a helicopter pilot employed by the Bureau of Mineral Resources party in the Canning Basin area allegedly reported that natives were dying of starvation at the Northern end of the Canning Stock Route. His action in transporting two of them, a woman suffering from a spear wound and a boy in an extremely emaciated condition, to the Balgo Mission for treatment was humane and timely and must therefore be commended. The newspapers report which accompanied a picture of the two patients, however, stated unequi­ vocally that the boy was starving and added that many of the 30 aborigines in the group with them were suffering from malnutrition. The Commissioner of Public Health (Dr. Henzell), who examined the picture commented : " The woman appears to be fairly normal, but the boy is obviously very thin and under­ weight. He is suffering either from malnutrition or some disease that produces loss of weight. Further than this I am not prepared to go " Two days after receipt of the report at this Office a supply of rations was despatched by helicopter to the location, Well 40 on the Canning Stock Route. Only seven natives were there to receive them. The District Officer subsequently visited the B.M.R. base camp at Godfrey's tank, approximately 120 miles from Well 40, and Billiluna Station where he met a drover who had just travelled up the Stock Route from Wiluna and several natives from the Well 40 area. All denied emphatically that drought con­ ditions prevailed and that natives there were short of food and water. To the contrary they informed the District Officer that the area was enjoying one of the best seasons for years. 6 Digitised by AIATSIS Library 2008 - www.aiatsis.gov.au/library Staff Appointments : During the year there were 14 appointments to the salaried staff and 18 to the wages staff. In the same period, there were 13 resignations from the salaried staff and 13 from the wages staff. As at 30th June, 1957 Title. Place. Disposition. Head Office Perth Commissioner of Native Welfare .... 1 Deputy Commissioner of Native Welfare 1 Clerk in Charge .... .... .... 1 Accounts .... Perth Clerk in Charge .... .... .... 1 Clerk 4 Social Services Perth Senior Clerk .... .... .... .... 1 Clerk 2 Records .... Perth Clerk in Charge .... .... .... 1 Typiste .... .... .... 3 Assistants (Native) .... .... .... 3 Telephonist (Native) .... .... 1 19 Northern— East Kimberleys Sub-District Wyndham Patrol Officer (Northern Sub.) West Kimberleys Sub- Derby District Officer District Broome Sub-District ...
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