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Twenty Fifth Report of the Central Board for the Protection of The 1889. VICTORIA. TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE BOARD TOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ABORIGINES IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND By Authority: ROBT. S. BRAIN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. No. 129.—[!•.]—17377. Digitised by AIATSIS Library, SF 25.3/1 - www.aiatsis.gov.au APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORT. Preparation— Not given, £ s. d. Printing (760 copies) ., .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Digitised by AIATSIS Library, SF 25.3/1 - www.aiatsis.gov.au REPORT. 4th November, 1889. SIR, The Board for the Protection of the Aborigines have the honour to submit for Your Excellency's consideration their Twenty-fifth Report on the condition of the Aborigines of this colony, together with the reports from the managers of the stations, and other papers. 1. The Board have held two special and eight ordinary meetings during the past year. 2. The average numbers of Aborigines and half-castes who have resided on the various stations during the year are as follow:— Coranderrk, under the management of Mr. Shaw 78 Framlingham, „ „ Mr. Goodall 90 Lake Condah, „ „ Revd. J. H. Stable 84 Lake Wellington, „ „ Revd. F. A. Hagenauer 61 Lake Tyers, „ „ Revd. John Bulmer 60 Lake Hindmarsh, „ „ Revd. P. Bogisch 48 421 Others visit the stations and reside there during short periods of the year. 3. The number of half-castes, who, under the operation of the new Act for the merging of half-castes among the general population of the colony, are earning their living with some assistance from the Board is 113. 4. Rations and clothing are still supplied to those of the half-castes who, according to the " Amended Act," satisfy the Board of their necessitous circum­ stances. 5. The Board are drawing up regulations to be submitted for Your Excellency's approval for apprenticing boys and girls to trades and other useful occupations. 6. The " Amended Act" makes provision that all able-bodied half-castes who were under 34 years of age when the Act came into operation will have to leave the stations by the last day of the present year. As the number of pure blacks is very small, the Board unanimously adhere to their general policy with regard to the amal­ gamation of stations, with the twofold object of first and primarily improving the con­ dition and comfort of the full blacks themselves, and in the second place of reducing the annual expenditure. 7. Return showing (1) The total expenditure on each station; (2) The net income derived from each; (3) The actual cost of each: — Station. Expenditure. Net Income. Actual Cost £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Coranderrk 2,080 2 10 940 11 9 1,139 11 1 Framlingham 2,147 18 9 51 1 2 ... 2,096 17 7 Lake Condah 1,453 5 5 405 7 2 1,047 18 3 Lake Wellington ... 927 7 3 183 8 0 720 13 9 Lake Tyers 1,046 3 1 21 0 7 1,025 2 6 Lake Hindmarsh... 1,551 12 9 227 7 7 1,329 5 2 Return of births, marriages, and deaths during the past year :— Station. Births. Marriages. Deaths. Coranderrk ... 3 2 Framlingham 4 ... 2 1 Lake Condah 5 9 Lake Wellington 2 1 Lake Tyers 5 4 Lake Hindmarsh 4 2 23 ... 2 ... 19 Digitised by AIATSIS Library, SF 25.3/1 - www.aiatsis.gov.au 4 8. There are still some full blacks who have not settled down on any station. These are supplied with clothing and rations at dep&ts in different parts of the colony, and are regularly visited by the general inspector. The number of these dep&ts can soon be considerably reduced without any hardship to the Aborigines. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, ALEX. MORRISON, Vice-Chairman. His Excellency Sir H. B. Loch, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., &c, &c, &c. Digitised by AIATSIS Library, SF 25.3/1 - www.aiatsis.gov.au APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. Coranderrk, 30th June, 1889. SIR, I have the honour to forward you my annual report of the condition of the natives and work of this station for the twelve months dating from 1st July, 1888, to 30th June, 1889. I am again thankful to be able to report that the health of the people generally has been very good during the whole year ; in fact, we have not had a single death among the adult blacks for more than two years, and only one death among the adult half-castes, which was that of an elderly woman (Mrs. Morgan) who came here in a dying state from another station. One of our men (Mooney Clark), who visited the same camp and station that she came from, con- tracted typhoid fever, but with prompt medical attendance, isolation, and good nursing was restored to his usual health and strength in a few weeks, and the disease, I am happy to say, was stamped out. As a consequence of the general good health of the people, the cost for medical attendance to this station is less by more than one-half for the last year or so than it was a few years ago, which is cause for much thankfulness. Although we have at times had a little trouble with one or two who occasionally will indulge in intoxicating drink, yet upon the whole the station may be said to have passed the year in comparative peace and comfort. The work of the station has been regularly and properly attended to. The fences, buildings, and everything have been kept in good order, and all the work has been done by the natives themselves. Notwithstanding the severe drought of last season, our hay and potato crops turned out pretty well, but our hop crop was not quite up to former years. The religious and secular instruction of the children has been attended to by the teacher, Mr. John Mackie, and divine service has been regularly conducted morning and evening every Sunday throughout the year. On the 14th May a special service was held, when five adults and ten children were baptized by the Revd. A. Mackie, of Lilydale. The number of residents has been as follows:— Average. Total. Average. Total. July 81 83 January 88 89 August 80 81 February 86 ... 88 September... 80 82 March 87 ... 90 October 80 82 April 84 ... ... 87 November... 75 . 83 May 83 84 December ... 76 . ... 79 June 81 84 The above may be divided as follows, viz.:—26 males, 20 females, whose ages vary from 14 to 62 years ; children under 14 years, 20 boys and 18 girls. Of the adult blacks, only a few are young and able to do much work, so, as usual, the elderly half-castes have to do all the particular work of the station. TABLE OF BIRTHS. Date. Name. Sex. Names of Parents. Colour. { Alf. Davis ... Half-caste. 19th January, 1889 Alfred Davis... M. { Lizzie Davis Half-caste. { Tom Dunolly Half-caste. 36th March, 1889... Jessie Dunolly F. \ Jessie Dunolly Half-caste. { Alick Campbell Half-caste. 10th June, 1889 ... Maggie Campbell F. X Lizzie Campbell Half-caste. TABLE OF DEATHS. Date. Name. Sex. Age. Cause of Death. Colour. 22nd January, 1889 Jimima Campbell F. 1 1/2 years... Diarrhoea ... Half-caste. 24th January, 1889 Maria Morgan ... F. l/2 years... Diarrhoea Half-caste. There have been no marriages during the year. Our stock has increased from 247 to 272 head, and now consists of the following, viz.:—97 cows, 66 heifers, 62 steers, 20 calves, 8 working bullocks, 3 Hereford bulls, and 12 horses. The number of half-castes now earning their own living away from the station is eleven, six females and five males, and generally all are doing well. Before concluding, I must refer to the excellent order in which some of the natives are keeping their gardens. They have not only nicely laid out and arranged flower gardens in front of their cottages, but they also grow quantities of vegetables in portions of ground fenced in behind their houses. The women also are keeping the inside of their houses much cleaner than they used to do, and are giving more attention to their family and domestic duties. Digitised by AIATSIS Library, SF 25.3/1 - www.aiatsis.gov.au 6 They also make a great deal of money during the summer months by making and selling baskets, and the money so earned is generally well laid out either in the purchasing of clothing, or furniture for their houses, and thus, as they grow in habits of usefulness and industry, they are improving in health, happiness, and comfort. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, JOSEPH SHAW. To the Revd. F. A. Hagenauer, Acting Secretary, Board for Protection of Aborigines, Melbourne. APPENDIX II. SIB, Aboriginal Station, Purnim, 29th July, 1889. I have the honour herewith to forward my report for the year ending 30th June, 1889. I have very much pleasure in being able to forward a very favorable report upon the general condition of things on this station. During the year a very fair amount of work has been done. About 200 acres of dead timber has been picked up and burned off"; 10 acres of land have been cleared and planted with potatoes ; and about 5 miles of post and wire fencing erected ; also about 40 acres have been ploughed and sown with oats, from which we gathered but a poor harvest, owing to the extraordinarily dry season we experienced in this part of the colony.
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