AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
A DISGRACEFUL SCANDAL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Sydney, May 14. The Aborigines' Protection Society, in asking Mr. Flowers to legislate to improve the condition of the aborigines, made startling allegations. A member of Parliament declared that the camps of blacks drifted into breeding camps for white children. Many were so white that it would take an expert to tell that they were not perfectly white. Native girls were a prey to halfcaste youths and low class whites. It was an unusual thing for one to reach the age of sixteen without having a child. The only prospect was prostitution tor the girls and idleness for the boys. The whole was a grave and disgraceful scandal.
Others of the deputation endorsed these statements, and urged that the only hope was to remove the children from the camps. Mr. Flowers promised sympathetic consideration of the matter, which was becoming a menace to the country.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 273, 15 May 1912, Page 5
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153AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 273, 15 May 1912, Page 5
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