Scientist's Plea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 January 1914, Page 5

Scientist's Plea.

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. MOST INTERESTING ON EARTH. [Ly Electric Telegiiaph—Copyright'} [Unttwd I'krhs Aksociatian.J (Received 9.o() a.m.) Sydney, January 21. Doctor Mjoberg, the Swedish scientist, who spent two years amongst the aborigines, in a letter to the Royal Society, appealing for their preservation in a natural state, says:—"The Australian aboriginal of the Stone Age is one of the oldest and most interesting races on the earth. In the near 'future he will be a thing of the past. There only is one spot in Queensland, on Mornington Island, that would do the Natives, where they could still live untouched by white civilisation. While giving credit to mission work, he claimed that no matter how honest their intention may be, there was no getting away from the results which followed civilisation efforts everywhere else. He asks: Is it too much to ask that the aborigines be allowed to live on this one spot the simple life of their forefathers without deterioration.