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1864. VICTORIA. THIRD REPORT OF THE CENTRAL BOARD A.PPOINTED TO WATCH OVER THE INTERESTS OF THE ABORIGINES IN THE COLONY OF VIC T ORIA. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY ms EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND. ')is!! :a utboritl.! : JOHN FERRE 6, PRINTER, }[ELBOtJ'RN'll:. NO.8.

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1864

VICTORIA

THIRD REPORT OF THE

CENTRAL BOARD

APPOINTED

TO WATCH OVER THE INTERESTS

OF THE

ABORIGINES IN THE COLONY

OF VIC T ORIA

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY ms EXCELLENCYS COMMAND

)is autboritl

JOHN FERRE6 GOTER~ME~T PRINTER [ELBOtJRNll NO8

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Melbourne 1863

SIR

THE Central Board appointed to watch over the interests of the Aborigines have the honor to submit the Third Report of their proceedings

Meetings of the Board have been held during the past year at short intervals the members have attended generally with regularity and the President and Vice-President have advised with and instructed the Secretary almost daily on matters connected with the management of the blacks and the administration of the funds placed at the disposal of the Board

Several Honorary Correspondents have been appointed since the date of the last report some to minister to the wants of the Aborigines in remote parts of the colony and others to replace Honorary Correspondents who have resigned because of removal from the districts in which they acted The Central Board continue to derive substantial aid from the labors of these gentlemen and they feel assured that the system in operation is the best that could be adopted in the present circumstances of the colony

Two gentlemen have lately been appointed members of the Central Board in addition to those named in the Commission issued by Your ExcellencyS predecessor and it is hoped that their advice and assistance will not be without benefit to the Aborigines The Central Board were induced to recommend the appointment of additional members in consequence of the loss sustained in the death of Henry Langlands Esquire who from the first evinced by a regular attendance at the meetings of the Board his great interest in the welfare of the Aborigines The Central Board have suffered a deprivation in the loss of an useful and able member and the colony has to regret a citizen who marked by an unassuming deportment but with an upright mind and independent spirit sought more the good of his fellow men than his own advancement

On the 23rd September 1862 the Central Board forwarded to the Estbnates

Honorable the Chief Secretary the Estimates for 1863 amounting altogether to pound8600 These were drawn up with eveJy regard to economy and it was not expected that any large deduction would be made In this however

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the Central Board were disappointed The Government proposed a vote of pound6500 and this would have passed but for the exertions of the President in Parliament who succeeded in obtainfug an additional sum of pound400 making a total of pound6900 Had the Central Board succeeded in obtaining a larger I

sum they would have initiated some plans for the Aboriginal children-which would probably have been brought into operation this year As the appeal to the Government was however for financial reasons disregarded they set themselves the task of economising so that they might save a sum sufficiept for the erection of a portion of the buildings required- for an asylum on tIle Upper Yarra

S1IPplyoStores From the Table appended to this Repprt showing the quantity of stores supplied to each station it appears that from the 1st August 1862 until the lst July 1863 there have been issuedshy

~Flour 961201bs Tea 2808 Sugar 29182 Tobacco 1453 Soap 2318

Rice 1564 Oatmeal 186 Meat ~ t bull ~ ~ 2716 t bull

Salt 200 I ltshyBlankets ~ 1136 pairs

Serge shirts 592 Twill shirts 564 Trowsers 611 pairs Womens dresses 174

t ) bullPetticoats 176

Jackets ~L I

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~Boys jumpers 24

Blue serge 300 yds Flannel 150 Cotton 618 Calico 377 Tomahawks 20i

Also various articles of Clothing implements utensils fishing hooks thread twine medicines 1-edical coniforts ampc as set forth in the Table

As compared with last years returns it will be observed that there is a reduction in the quantity of flour Issued amounting to 50601bs of tea 6361bs of sugar 3490lbs and of tobacco 1861bs These reductions have not been so injurious to the Aborigines -as might at first sight be supposed An examination of the tables of issue of lastmiddot year shows wh~re the savings have been effected namely principally atthe stations where the Board had been (iHspresumeduriintentionally) nlisled aii to thenumber of blacks to be supplied Therehas Qeeultsmaller nurhbe~ of stations supplied this year

than last and there isrelisonto believetliataslignt decrease in the ntlmber Of ~tations ill lead- to greater~econofuy thohgh not ~ecessarilJ to a still -further reduction in thequantittOf storesissued

~ As ill~strative of the i~proyeni~lts eifecteq it may be nentioil~d that -while the cost of supplying stoNes to tne blacks in Gipps Land last year ivhen there were six stations was pound1256 12s4ditwas only pound85118s 7d this year when tliere were orilytwo stations and t1te cost of supplying the Aborigines at Xelta which last year was pound606 4s 7 d has been reduced to pound489 4s 8d and even the last-named sum there is reason to believe is much

toolargehavingregadtir the numberand reqiIir~meiits oflthe blacks in thaVpart of-the colony Tn effecting tlie reductiOns ih Gipps Land it is onlyjust to state that thlti GentralIBoard have receiveltlIriucn a~sistance from Mes8rs Bulmer and Hagenauergt I 1 f

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When the requisitions for the stores for the year were prepared and finally approved of the following circular letter was sent to each of the Honorary Correspondents shy

OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL BOARD FOR ABORIGINES Craubr

Melbourne 1st December 1862

SIR I have the honour to inform you that the stores named on the margin will be sent toyou

for distribution to the Aborigines under your care for the year 1863 Owing to the amount put down on the Estimates for the wants of the Aborigines being

80 small the Central Board are unable to furnish all the stores necessary for their comfort and as it is intended to provide an asylum for the children both black and half-caste it is probable that the sum will be still further reduced by the amount necessary to commence an institution where these could be cared for and educated and where infirm Aborigines could find an asylum and obtain medicnl nid and llecessary attention

The Board are anxious to impress upon the Honorary Correspondents the necessity for a careful discrimination in the distribution of the stores and would wish that able and healthy blacks should be encouraged to provide as far as possible for tl1eir own and the wants of their families

It is not intended that the Aborigines should derive their subsistence wholly from the liberality of the Government and indeed the sum voted for the supply of stores each year is inadequate to provide for all their wants

After mature consideration the Board are of opinion that under present circumstances they should not provide such articles as hats and shoes for the blacks have the means if they have the industry to make coverings which would supply the place of those

It is desirable to give only a small quantity of food at one time and care should be taken to prevent the Aborigines obtaining supplies from two stations Perhaps _ the best preventive measure would be to keep a book in which the names of the blacks were entered and to furnish a copy of the list to the Honorary Correspondents in the vicinity

If any cases of sickness occur amongst the blacks under your care you are authorized to procure medical aid and if necessary proper attendance requiring the medical officer to furnish for the information of the Board~ a statement of the cases treated and the results Even here it is necessary to practice economy but the Boardfeel that they will best discharge their duty if the funds under their control are expended for the benefit of sick and infirm blacks rather thau for the support of those who might do something towards providing themselves with food and clothing

The Board would wish that every means should be used to prevent the blacks visiting the towns gold fields and places where there are public-houses and that when distributing stores the Honorary Correspondents should caution them against bartering their clothing ampc for intoxicating liquors

The Board will expect you to acknowledge the receipt of the stores and to furnish monthly a statement showing the quantities distributed

I have the honor to be Sir

Your most obedient servant

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

It is to be regretted that the arrangements made for the transport of the stores were in some instances defective causing great delay and necessarily entailing hardships on the blacks and giving annoyance to the Honorary Correspondents but a better system will he adopted for the future and it is hoped that the Honorary Correspondents will in all such cases communicate with the Board so that they may obtain authority to purchase supplies on the spot

In the last report of the Central Board it waEl stated that the Upper Yarrt

Aborigines would be removed from the Acheron as soon as a suitable site could be found on the north side of the River Yarra After diligent search Mr Green (the inspector) found a piece of land between Badgers Creek and the Watts River which is admirably adapted for the purposes of an Aboriginal Station Application was accordingly made to the Lands Department for it to be reserved and that was promptly done Tenders were invjted for the erection of a school and dormitories and it was hoped

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that aniestablishmentwould be founded here withoutdelay where the black arid half-castechildr~I~lanqAJ)firm aduHscolldl be received and duly eared for Before the time for the re~eipt of tenders hadtlxpired it wasmiddot found

however that th site interfered injuriously with the rights of a neighboring settler and as It has always been the policy of the Board to induce the setiler~to Cooperate with and not to thwart them the notice inviting tenders

was wIthdrawn and a new enquiry was set on foot in regard to the site The Assistant COlnmissioner of Lands and Survey cordially co-operated With the members of the Board and ultimately a blocJP of land was chosen telL suit~d to the wants of the blacks apd jn such a situation as to give sati~faction to~lpe]1sonsinthe neighborhood No timewas lost in inviting freshtenders and the worksfor the school and dormitories are now in prqgress ~n~ will he completed ~t is believedearly in ~6vember next

They wil1compr~se oli-eroom 36 feet 8 inches y ~8feet lofty wen ventilated and 1well lig4ted which will be used for th~ s(ho01 two bedshyrQoms 11 ~eet by 12 feet one)i feet 9 inches by 12 f~et one 12 feet by 10 f~~~ f~Sh~~ ~Ird tw~ 1OJeet 9 4icp~s y 9 fe~~3 in~~es~ lhe Ilu~ber of rooms wIll be mcreased when tne funds at thcdsposal o(the13oard aqDlitof

that being done but in the meantimeas soon as the Fr9posedQujJdj~gs are finished they wilJ be furnished and the asylum m1deas complete as P9ssible for the teceptio~ ofmiddotthechildreii The manage~ent of tliis institu~ ~i9n will engage the earnest attention of the Board _The instruction to be given tQthe children the lab 018 in which they shallb~ engaged and their treatment geneFallYr will need Verygrave consideration- indeed for unless the spheme be car~~l~ny matured tnd as cartfully watc~ed it may result in iailure- like I other experiments with sirililar objects mad3 here and in the ~Ieighb01ing colonjes which are so Qf~en adduced in favQr of the argllment that the Allorigines~are incapable of imprDvement As the scheme will have fDr its object the improvement of the physical condition Df the blacls ~s wellaamp their mDralmiddottraining it is to be hoped that so~~irC)as~re of success

~il1 follDW Rules wiU be irawn up for th~ guidlnc~)o( t~e teachers and fFeqvent visits of inspection willmiddot be made to the establishment Tohe

13()ard are not ltver sanguine and should the results f~ll shQit of their anticipations they will yet be satisfied if the teans ~li~ypi~Dpose to employ be sufficient to rescue the h11f-caste children from 1life Of infamy

Lake HindmMhmiddot The returns furnished by- the Reverend Mr Speiseke show that the Station average number-- of- Aborigines receiving rations is thirty-three per diem

MDre than one hundred frequent the station and lDok upon it as their home Mr Speiseke continues to make monthly leports showing exactly the state

9f tt~ statioQ thC) att~ndanceth( dis~ribption ()f fgoqJtWqclothing and the stores~ ~n- ~tanltL ~t[~9C~~sectS 1IvtI1e~calat~enqapce aregive~ when required middoti~~d st~e~lQU~ effcirt~ wade tqpreve~J t4e)~I~cyen-s indHlgipg in the vices commo1to thewhijes l rccmiddot i c

- t~fmiddot bull 1~middot ~ bull l~middot-middot l~fl~ (The GJentramiddotBoardook with mnchmiddotsatisfactiononthe general manshyagement of this station The efforts of Mr Speiseke are 1gteneficialnot alone as tending directly to improve the Aborigines who have taken up their re~idence with him but also as affor~g an example from which mDst useful lessons can be ~r~wn H~ standsjin relat~oI tQ ~heurouBQard sjmply~s lln HQnoJary CorresPondent as the dispenser of the pouptJjo~lthe q-overnment but his ~nflueJlce is increas~d ~Yf ~he nature of ~is labpJ~ a~d ~t has been ~xercised wi$~yforthe purpose of4nproving tlC phys~clllc()l~dition oftqe blacks One of~he young1eJl Und~r his ca~~ w~olatelyl1~ited Melb()lrne sowd by ~is con91llttmiddotatidconver~a~ion ttatth~ Abo-i~n~~ ~~derfav()urable c~cum~j-ance~ arecJ-pableof acqwrlI~g thehabIt~lfClyihzatlOngt

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

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llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

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It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

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Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

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bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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Melbourne 1863

SIR

THE Central Board appointed to watch over the interests of the Aborigines have the honor to submit the Third Report of their proceedings

Meetings of the Board have been held during the past year at short intervals the members have attended generally with regularity and the President and Vice-President have advised with and instructed the Secretary almost daily on matters connected with the management of the blacks and the administration of the funds placed at the disposal of the Board

Several Honorary Correspondents have been appointed since the date of the last report some to minister to the wants of the Aborigines in remote parts of the colony and others to replace Honorary Correspondents who have resigned because of removal from the districts in which they acted The Central Board continue to derive substantial aid from the labors of these gentlemen and they feel assured that the system in operation is the best that could be adopted in the present circumstances of the colony

Two gentlemen have lately been appointed members of the Central Board in addition to those named in the Commission issued by Your ExcellencyS predecessor and it is hoped that their advice and assistance will not be without benefit to the Aborigines The Central Board were induced to recommend the appointment of additional members in consequence of the loss sustained in the death of Henry Langlands Esquire who from the first evinced by a regular attendance at the meetings of the Board his great interest in the welfare of the Aborigines The Central Board have suffered a deprivation in the loss of an useful and able member and the colony has to regret a citizen who marked by an unassuming deportment but with an upright mind and independent spirit sought more the good of his fellow men than his own advancement

On the 23rd September 1862 the Central Board forwarded to the Estbnates

Honorable the Chief Secretary the Estimates for 1863 amounting altogether to pound8600 These were drawn up with eveJy regard to economy and it was not expected that any large deduction would be made In this however

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the Central Board were disappointed The Government proposed a vote of pound6500 and this would have passed but for the exertions of the President in Parliament who succeeded in obtainfug an additional sum of pound400 making a total of pound6900 Had the Central Board succeeded in obtaining a larger I

sum they would have initiated some plans for the Aboriginal children-which would probably have been brought into operation this year As the appeal to the Government was however for financial reasons disregarded they set themselves the task of economising so that they might save a sum sufficiept for the erection of a portion of the buildings required- for an asylum on tIle Upper Yarra

S1IPplyoStores From the Table appended to this Repprt showing the quantity of stores supplied to each station it appears that from the 1st August 1862 until the lst July 1863 there have been issuedshy

~Flour 961201bs Tea 2808 Sugar 29182 Tobacco 1453 Soap 2318

Rice 1564 Oatmeal 186 Meat ~ t bull ~ ~ 2716 t bull

Salt 200 I ltshyBlankets ~ 1136 pairs

Serge shirts 592 Twill shirts 564 Trowsers 611 pairs Womens dresses 174

t ) bullPetticoats 176

Jackets ~L I

88it-C

~Boys jumpers 24

Blue serge 300 yds Flannel 150 Cotton 618 Calico 377 Tomahawks 20i

Also various articles of Clothing implements utensils fishing hooks thread twine medicines 1-edical coniforts ampc as set forth in the Table

As compared with last years returns it will be observed that there is a reduction in the quantity of flour Issued amounting to 50601bs of tea 6361bs of sugar 3490lbs and of tobacco 1861bs These reductions have not been so injurious to the Aborigines -as might at first sight be supposed An examination of the tables of issue of lastmiddot year shows wh~re the savings have been effected namely principally atthe stations where the Board had been (iHspresumeduriintentionally) nlisled aii to thenumber of blacks to be supplied Therehas Qeeultsmaller nurhbe~ of stations supplied this year

than last and there isrelisonto believetliataslignt decrease in the ntlmber Of ~tations ill lead- to greater~econofuy thohgh not ~ecessarilJ to a still -further reduction in thequantittOf storesissued

~ As ill~strative of the i~proyeni~lts eifecteq it may be nentioil~d that -while the cost of supplying stoNes to tne blacks in Gipps Land last year ivhen there were six stations was pound1256 12s4ditwas only pound85118s 7d this year when tliere were orilytwo stations and t1te cost of supplying the Aborigines at Xelta which last year was pound606 4s 7 d has been reduced to pound489 4s 8d and even the last-named sum there is reason to believe is much

toolargehavingregadtir the numberand reqiIir~meiits oflthe blacks in thaVpart of-the colony Tn effecting tlie reductiOns ih Gipps Land it is onlyjust to state that thlti GentralIBoard have receiveltlIriucn a~sistance from Mes8rs Bulmer and Hagenauergt I 1 f

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When the requisitions for the stores for the year were prepared and finally approved of the following circular letter was sent to each of the Honorary Correspondents shy

OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL BOARD FOR ABORIGINES Craubr

Melbourne 1st December 1862

SIR I have the honour to inform you that the stores named on the margin will be sent toyou

for distribution to the Aborigines under your care for the year 1863 Owing to the amount put down on the Estimates for the wants of the Aborigines being

80 small the Central Board are unable to furnish all the stores necessary for their comfort and as it is intended to provide an asylum for the children both black and half-caste it is probable that the sum will be still further reduced by the amount necessary to commence an institution where these could be cared for and educated and where infirm Aborigines could find an asylum and obtain medicnl nid and llecessary attention

The Board are anxious to impress upon the Honorary Correspondents the necessity for a careful discrimination in the distribution of the stores and would wish that able and healthy blacks should be encouraged to provide as far as possible for tl1eir own and the wants of their families

It is not intended that the Aborigines should derive their subsistence wholly from the liberality of the Government and indeed the sum voted for the supply of stores each year is inadequate to provide for all their wants

After mature consideration the Board are of opinion that under present circumstances they should not provide such articles as hats and shoes for the blacks have the means if they have the industry to make coverings which would supply the place of those

It is desirable to give only a small quantity of food at one time and care should be taken to prevent the Aborigines obtaining supplies from two stations Perhaps _ the best preventive measure would be to keep a book in which the names of the blacks were entered and to furnish a copy of the list to the Honorary Correspondents in the vicinity

If any cases of sickness occur amongst the blacks under your care you are authorized to procure medical aid and if necessary proper attendance requiring the medical officer to furnish for the information of the Board~ a statement of the cases treated and the results Even here it is necessary to practice economy but the Boardfeel that they will best discharge their duty if the funds under their control are expended for the benefit of sick and infirm blacks rather thau for the support of those who might do something towards providing themselves with food and clothing

The Board would wish that every means should be used to prevent the blacks visiting the towns gold fields and places where there are public-houses and that when distributing stores the Honorary Correspondents should caution them against bartering their clothing ampc for intoxicating liquors

The Board will expect you to acknowledge the receipt of the stores and to furnish monthly a statement showing the quantities distributed

I have the honor to be Sir

Your most obedient servant

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

It is to be regretted that the arrangements made for the transport of the stores were in some instances defective causing great delay and necessarily entailing hardships on the blacks and giving annoyance to the Honorary Correspondents but a better system will he adopted for the future and it is hoped that the Honorary Correspondents will in all such cases communicate with the Board so that they may obtain authority to purchase supplies on the spot

In the last report of the Central Board it waEl stated that the Upper Yarrt

Aborigines would be removed from the Acheron as soon as a suitable site could be found on the north side of the River Yarra After diligent search Mr Green (the inspector) found a piece of land between Badgers Creek and the Watts River which is admirably adapted for the purposes of an Aboriginal Station Application was accordingly made to the Lands Department for it to be reserved and that was promptly done Tenders were invjted for the erection of a school and dormitories and it was hoped

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that aniestablishmentwould be founded here withoutdelay where the black arid half-castechildr~I~lanqAJ)firm aduHscolldl be received and duly eared for Before the time for the re~eipt of tenders hadtlxpired it wasmiddot found

however that th site interfered injuriously with the rights of a neighboring settler and as It has always been the policy of the Board to induce the setiler~to Cooperate with and not to thwart them the notice inviting tenders

was wIthdrawn and a new enquiry was set on foot in regard to the site The Assistant COlnmissioner of Lands and Survey cordially co-operated With the members of the Board and ultimately a blocJP of land was chosen telL suit~d to the wants of the blacks apd jn such a situation as to give sati~faction to~lpe]1sonsinthe neighborhood No timewas lost in inviting freshtenders and the worksfor the school and dormitories are now in prqgress ~n~ will he completed ~t is believedearly in ~6vember next

They wil1compr~se oli-eroom 36 feet 8 inches y ~8feet lofty wen ventilated and 1well lig4ted which will be used for th~ s(ho01 two bedshyrQoms 11 ~eet by 12 feet one)i feet 9 inches by 12 f~et one 12 feet by 10 f~~~ f~Sh~~ ~Ird tw~ 1OJeet 9 4icp~s y 9 fe~~3 in~~es~ lhe Ilu~ber of rooms wIll be mcreased when tne funds at thcdsposal o(the13oard aqDlitof

that being done but in the meantimeas soon as the Fr9posedQujJdj~gs are finished they wilJ be furnished and the asylum m1deas complete as P9ssible for the teceptio~ ofmiddotthechildreii The manage~ent of tliis institu~ ~i9n will engage the earnest attention of the Board _The instruction to be given tQthe children the lab 018 in which they shallb~ engaged and their treatment geneFallYr will need Verygrave consideration- indeed for unless the spheme be car~~l~ny matured tnd as cartfully watc~ed it may result in iailure- like I other experiments with sirililar objects mad3 here and in the ~Ieighb01ing colonjes which are so Qf~en adduced in favQr of the argllment that the Allorigines~are incapable of imprDvement As the scheme will have fDr its object the improvement of the physical condition Df the blacls ~s wellaamp their mDralmiddottraining it is to be hoped that so~~irC)as~re of success

~il1 follDW Rules wiU be irawn up for th~ guidlnc~)o( t~e teachers and fFeqvent visits of inspection willmiddot be made to the establishment Tohe

13()ard are not ltver sanguine and should the results f~ll shQit of their anticipations they will yet be satisfied if the teans ~li~ypi~Dpose to employ be sufficient to rescue the h11f-caste children from 1life Of infamy

Lake HindmMhmiddot The returns furnished by- the Reverend Mr Speiseke show that the Station average number-- of- Aborigines receiving rations is thirty-three per diem

MDre than one hundred frequent the station and lDok upon it as their home Mr Speiseke continues to make monthly leports showing exactly the state

9f tt~ statioQ thC) att~ndanceth( dis~ribption ()f fgoqJtWqclothing and the stores~ ~n- ~tanltL ~t[~9C~~sectS 1IvtI1e~calat~enqapce aregive~ when required middoti~~d st~e~lQU~ effcirt~ wade tqpreve~J t4e)~I~cyen-s indHlgipg in the vices commo1to thewhijes l rccmiddot i c

- t~fmiddot bull 1~middot ~ bull l~middot-middot l~fl~ (The GJentramiddotBoardook with mnchmiddotsatisfactiononthe general manshyagement of this station The efforts of Mr Speiseke are 1gteneficialnot alone as tending directly to improve the Aborigines who have taken up their re~idence with him but also as affor~g an example from which mDst useful lessons can be ~r~wn H~ standsjin relat~oI tQ ~heurouBQard sjmply~s lln HQnoJary CorresPondent as the dispenser of the pouptJjo~lthe q-overnment but his ~nflueJlce is increas~d ~Yf ~he nature of ~is labpJ~ a~d ~t has been ~xercised wi$~yforthe purpose of4nproving tlC phys~clllc()l~dition oftqe blacks One of~he young1eJl Und~r his ca~~ w~olatelyl1~ited Melb()lrne sowd by ~is con91llttmiddotatidconver~a~ion ttatth~ Abo-i~n~~ ~~derfav()urable c~cum~j-ance~ arecJ-pableof acqwrlI~g thehabIt~lfClyihzatlOngt

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

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NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

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33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

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Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

Page 3: THIRD REPORT - parliament.vic.gov.au

REP 0 R rr

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Melbourne 1863

SIR

THE Central Board appointed to watch over the interests of the Aborigines have the honor to submit the Third Report of their proceedings

Meetings of the Board have been held during the past year at short intervals the members have attended generally with regularity and the President and Vice-President have advised with and instructed the Secretary almost daily on matters connected with the management of the blacks and the administration of the funds placed at the disposal of the Board

Several Honorary Correspondents have been appointed since the date of the last report some to minister to the wants of the Aborigines in remote parts of the colony and others to replace Honorary Correspondents who have resigned because of removal from the districts in which they acted The Central Board continue to derive substantial aid from the labors of these gentlemen and they feel assured that the system in operation is the best that could be adopted in the present circumstances of the colony

Two gentlemen have lately been appointed members of the Central Board in addition to those named in the Commission issued by Your ExcellencyS predecessor and it is hoped that their advice and assistance will not be without benefit to the Aborigines The Central Board were induced to recommend the appointment of additional members in consequence of the loss sustained in the death of Henry Langlands Esquire who from the first evinced by a regular attendance at the meetings of the Board his great interest in the welfare of the Aborigines The Central Board have suffered a deprivation in the loss of an useful and able member and the colony has to regret a citizen who marked by an unassuming deportment but with an upright mind and independent spirit sought more the good of his fellow men than his own advancement

On the 23rd September 1862 the Central Board forwarded to the Estbnates

Honorable the Chief Secretary the Estimates for 1863 amounting altogether to pound8600 These were drawn up with eveJy regard to economy and it was not expected that any large deduction would be made In this however

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the Central Board were disappointed The Government proposed a vote of pound6500 and this would have passed but for the exertions of the President in Parliament who succeeded in obtainfug an additional sum of pound400 making a total of pound6900 Had the Central Board succeeded in obtaining a larger I

sum they would have initiated some plans for the Aboriginal children-which would probably have been brought into operation this year As the appeal to the Government was however for financial reasons disregarded they set themselves the task of economising so that they might save a sum sufficiept for the erection of a portion of the buildings required- for an asylum on tIle Upper Yarra

S1IPplyoStores From the Table appended to this Repprt showing the quantity of stores supplied to each station it appears that from the 1st August 1862 until the lst July 1863 there have been issuedshy

~Flour 961201bs Tea 2808 Sugar 29182 Tobacco 1453 Soap 2318

Rice 1564 Oatmeal 186 Meat ~ t bull ~ ~ 2716 t bull

Salt 200 I ltshyBlankets ~ 1136 pairs

Serge shirts 592 Twill shirts 564 Trowsers 611 pairs Womens dresses 174

t ) bullPetticoats 176

Jackets ~L I

88it-C

~Boys jumpers 24

Blue serge 300 yds Flannel 150 Cotton 618 Calico 377 Tomahawks 20i

Also various articles of Clothing implements utensils fishing hooks thread twine medicines 1-edical coniforts ampc as set forth in the Table

As compared with last years returns it will be observed that there is a reduction in the quantity of flour Issued amounting to 50601bs of tea 6361bs of sugar 3490lbs and of tobacco 1861bs These reductions have not been so injurious to the Aborigines -as might at first sight be supposed An examination of the tables of issue of lastmiddot year shows wh~re the savings have been effected namely principally atthe stations where the Board had been (iHspresumeduriintentionally) nlisled aii to thenumber of blacks to be supplied Therehas Qeeultsmaller nurhbe~ of stations supplied this year

than last and there isrelisonto believetliataslignt decrease in the ntlmber Of ~tations ill lead- to greater~econofuy thohgh not ~ecessarilJ to a still -further reduction in thequantittOf storesissued

~ As ill~strative of the i~proyeni~lts eifecteq it may be nentioil~d that -while the cost of supplying stoNes to tne blacks in Gipps Land last year ivhen there were six stations was pound1256 12s4ditwas only pound85118s 7d this year when tliere were orilytwo stations and t1te cost of supplying the Aborigines at Xelta which last year was pound606 4s 7 d has been reduced to pound489 4s 8d and even the last-named sum there is reason to believe is much

toolargehavingregadtir the numberand reqiIir~meiits oflthe blacks in thaVpart of-the colony Tn effecting tlie reductiOns ih Gipps Land it is onlyjust to state that thlti GentralIBoard have receiveltlIriucn a~sistance from Mes8rs Bulmer and Hagenauergt I 1 f

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When the requisitions for the stores for the year were prepared and finally approved of the following circular letter was sent to each of the Honorary Correspondents shy

OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL BOARD FOR ABORIGINES Craubr

Melbourne 1st December 1862

SIR I have the honour to inform you that the stores named on the margin will be sent toyou

for distribution to the Aborigines under your care for the year 1863 Owing to the amount put down on the Estimates for the wants of the Aborigines being

80 small the Central Board are unable to furnish all the stores necessary for their comfort and as it is intended to provide an asylum for the children both black and half-caste it is probable that the sum will be still further reduced by the amount necessary to commence an institution where these could be cared for and educated and where infirm Aborigines could find an asylum and obtain medicnl nid and llecessary attention

The Board are anxious to impress upon the Honorary Correspondents the necessity for a careful discrimination in the distribution of the stores and would wish that able and healthy blacks should be encouraged to provide as far as possible for tl1eir own and the wants of their families

It is not intended that the Aborigines should derive their subsistence wholly from the liberality of the Government and indeed the sum voted for the supply of stores each year is inadequate to provide for all their wants

After mature consideration the Board are of opinion that under present circumstances they should not provide such articles as hats and shoes for the blacks have the means if they have the industry to make coverings which would supply the place of those

It is desirable to give only a small quantity of food at one time and care should be taken to prevent the Aborigines obtaining supplies from two stations Perhaps _ the best preventive measure would be to keep a book in which the names of the blacks were entered and to furnish a copy of the list to the Honorary Correspondents in the vicinity

If any cases of sickness occur amongst the blacks under your care you are authorized to procure medical aid and if necessary proper attendance requiring the medical officer to furnish for the information of the Board~ a statement of the cases treated and the results Even here it is necessary to practice economy but the Boardfeel that they will best discharge their duty if the funds under their control are expended for the benefit of sick and infirm blacks rather thau for the support of those who might do something towards providing themselves with food and clothing

The Board would wish that every means should be used to prevent the blacks visiting the towns gold fields and places where there are public-houses and that when distributing stores the Honorary Correspondents should caution them against bartering their clothing ampc for intoxicating liquors

The Board will expect you to acknowledge the receipt of the stores and to furnish monthly a statement showing the quantities distributed

I have the honor to be Sir

Your most obedient servant

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

It is to be regretted that the arrangements made for the transport of the stores were in some instances defective causing great delay and necessarily entailing hardships on the blacks and giving annoyance to the Honorary Correspondents but a better system will he adopted for the future and it is hoped that the Honorary Correspondents will in all such cases communicate with the Board so that they may obtain authority to purchase supplies on the spot

In the last report of the Central Board it waEl stated that the Upper Yarrt

Aborigines would be removed from the Acheron as soon as a suitable site could be found on the north side of the River Yarra After diligent search Mr Green (the inspector) found a piece of land between Badgers Creek and the Watts River which is admirably adapted for the purposes of an Aboriginal Station Application was accordingly made to the Lands Department for it to be reserved and that was promptly done Tenders were invjted for the erection of a school and dormitories and it was hoped

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that aniestablishmentwould be founded here withoutdelay where the black arid half-castechildr~I~lanqAJ)firm aduHscolldl be received and duly eared for Before the time for the re~eipt of tenders hadtlxpired it wasmiddot found

however that th site interfered injuriously with the rights of a neighboring settler and as It has always been the policy of the Board to induce the setiler~to Cooperate with and not to thwart them the notice inviting tenders

was wIthdrawn and a new enquiry was set on foot in regard to the site The Assistant COlnmissioner of Lands and Survey cordially co-operated With the members of the Board and ultimately a blocJP of land was chosen telL suit~d to the wants of the blacks apd jn such a situation as to give sati~faction to~lpe]1sonsinthe neighborhood No timewas lost in inviting freshtenders and the worksfor the school and dormitories are now in prqgress ~n~ will he completed ~t is believedearly in ~6vember next

They wil1compr~se oli-eroom 36 feet 8 inches y ~8feet lofty wen ventilated and 1well lig4ted which will be used for th~ s(ho01 two bedshyrQoms 11 ~eet by 12 feet one)i feet 9 inches by 12 f~et one 12 feet by 10 f~~~ f~Sh~~ ~Ird tw~ 1OJeet 9 4icp~s y 9 fe~~3 in~~es~ lhe Ilu~ber of rooms wIll be mcreased when tne funds at thcdsposal o(the13oard aqDlitof

that being done but in the meantimeas soon as the Fr9posedQujJdj~gs are finished they wilJ be furnished and the asylum m1deas complete as P9ssible for the teceptio~ ofmiddotthechildreii The manage~ent of tliis institu~ ~i9n will engage the earnest attention of the Board _The instruction to be given tQthe children the lab 018 in which they shallb~ engaged and their treatment geneFallYr will need Verygrave consideration- indeed for unless the spheme be car~~l~ny matured tnd as cartfully watc~ed it may result in iailure- like I other experiments with sirililar objects mad3 here and in the ~Ieighb01ing colonjes which are so Qf~en adduced in favQr of the argllment that the Allorigines~are incapable of imprDvement As the scheme will have fDr its object the improvement of the physical condition Df the blacls ~s wellaamp their mDralmiddottraining it is to be hoped that so~~irC)as~re of success

~il1 follDW Rules wiU be irawn up for th~ guidlnc~)o( t~e teachers and fFeqvent visits of inspection willmiddot be made to the establishment Tohe

13()ard are not ltver sanguine and should the results f~ll shQit of their anticipations they will yet be satisfied if the teans ~li~ypi~Dpose to employ be sufficient to rescue the h11f-caste children from 1life Of infamy

Lake HindmMhmiddot The returns furnished by- the Reverend Mr Speiseke show that the Station average number-- of- Aborigines receiving rations is thirty-three per diem

MDre than one hundred frequent the station and lDok upon it as their home Mr Speiseke continues to make monthly leports showing exactly the state

9f tt~ statioQ thC) att~ndanceth( dis~ribption ()f fgoqJtWqclothing and the stores~ ~n- ~tanltL ~t[~9C~~sectS 1IvtI1e~calat~enqapce aregive~ when required middoti~~d st~e~lQU~ effcirt~ wade tqpreve~J t4e)~I~cyen-s indHlgipg in the vices commo1to thewhijes l rccmiddot i c

- t~fmiddot bull 1~middot ~ bull l~middot-middot l~fl~ (The GJentramiddotBoardook with mnchmiddotsatisfactiononthe general manshyagement of this station The efforts of Mr Speiseke are 1gteneficialnot alone as tending directly to improve the Aborigines who have taken up their re~idence with him but also as affor~g an example from which mDst useful lessons can be ~r~wn H~ standsjin relat~oI tQ ~heurouBQard sjmply~s lln HQnoJary CorresPondent as the dispenser of the pouptJjo~lthe q-overnment but his ~nflueJlce is increas~d ~Yf ~he nature of ~is labpJ~ a~d ~t has been ~xercised wi$~yforthe purpose of4nproving tlC phys~clllc()l~dition oftqe blacks One of~he young1eJl Und~r his ca~~ w~olatelyl1~ited Melb()lrne sowd by ~is con91llttmiddotatidconver~a~ion ttatth~ Abo-i~n~~ ~~derfav()urable c~cum~j-ance~ arecJ-pableof acqwrlI~g thehabIt~lfClyihzatlOngt

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

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33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

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Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

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bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

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Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

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Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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the Central Board were disappointed The Government proposed a vote of pound6500 and this would have passed but for the exertions of the President in Parliament who succeeded in obtainfug an additional sum of pound400 making a total of pound6900 Had the Central Board succeeded in obtaining a larger I

sum they would have initiated some plans for the Aboriginal children-which would probably have been brought into operation this year As the appeal to the Government was however for financial reasons disregarded they set themselves the task of economising so that they might save a sum sufficiept for the erection of a portion of the buildings required- for an asylum on tIle Upper Yarra

S1IPplyoStores From the Table appended to this Repprt showing the quantity of stores supplied to each station it appears that from the 1st August 1862 until the lst July 1863 there have been issuedshy

~Flour 961201bs Tea 2808 Sugar 29182 Tobacco 1453 Soap 2318

Rice 1564 Oatmeal 186 Meat ~ t bull ~ ~ 2716 t bull

Salt 200 I ltshyBlankets ~ 1136 pairs

Serge shirts 592 Twill shirts 564 Trowsers 611 pairs Womens dresses 174

t ) bullPetticoats 176

Jackets ~L I

88it-C

~Boys jumpers 24

Blue serge 300 yds Flannel 150 Cotton 618 Calico 377 Tomahawks 20i

Also various articles of Clothing implements utensils fishing hooks thread twine medicines 1-edical coniforts ampc as set forth in the Table

As compared with last years returns it will be observed that there is a reduction in the quantity of flour Issued amounting to 50601bs of tea 6361bs of sugar 3490lbs and of tobacco 1861bs These reductions have not been so injurious to the Aborigines -as might at first sight be supposed An examination of the tables of issue of lastmiddot year shows wh~re the savings have been effected namely principally atthe stations where the Board had been (iHspresumeduriintentionally) nlisled aii to thenumber of blacks to be supplied Therehas Qeeultsmaller nurhbe~ of stations supplied this year

than last and there isrelisonto believetliataslignt decrease in the ntlmber Of ~tations ill lead- to greater~econofuy thohgh not ~ecessarilJ to a still -further reduction in thequantittOf storesissued

~ As ill~strative of the i~proyeni~lts eifecteq it may be nentioil~d that -while the cost of supplying stoNes to tne blacks in Gipps Land last year ivhen there were six stations was pound1256 12s4ditwas only pound85118s 7d this year when tliere were orilytwo stations and t1te cost of supplying the Aborigines at Xelta which last year was pound606 4s 7 d has been reduced to pound489 4s 8d and even the last-named sum there is reason to believe is much

toolargehavingregadtir the numberand reqiIir~meiits oflthe blacks in thaVpart of-the colony Tn effecting tlie reductiOns ih Gipps Land it is onlyjust to state that thlti GentralIBoard have receiveltlIriucn a~sistance from Mes8rs Bulmer and Hagenauergt I 1 f

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When the requisitions for the stores for the year were prepared and finally approved of the following circular letter was sent to each of the Honorary Correspondents shy

OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL BOARD FOR ABORIGINES Craubr

Melbourne 1st December 1862

SIR I have the honour to inform you that the stores named on the margin will be sent toyou

for distribution to the Aborigines under your care for the year 1863 Owing to the amount put down on the Estimates for the wants of the Aborigines being

80 small the Central Board are unable to furnish all the stores necessary for their comfort and as it is intended to provide an asylum for the children both black and half-caste it is probable that the sum will be still further reduced by the amount necessary to commence an institution where these could be cared for and educated and where infirm Aborigines could find an asylum and obtain medicnl nid and llecessary attention

The Board are anxious to impress upon the Honorary Correspondents the necessity for a careful discrimination in the distribution of the stores and would wish that able and healthy blacks should be encouraged to provide as far as possible for tl1eir own and the wants of their families

It is not intended that the Aborigines should derive their subsistence wholly from the liberality of the Government and indeed the sum voted for the supply of stores each year is inadequate to provide for all their wants

After mature consideration the Board are of opinion that under present circumstances they should not provide such articles as hats and shoes for the blacks have the means if they have the industry to make coverings which would supply the place of those

It is desirable to give only a small quantity of food at one time and care should be taken to prevent the Aborigines obtaining supplies from two stations Perhaps _ the best preventive measure would be to keep a book in which the names of the blacks were entered and to furnish a copy of the list to the Honorary Correspondents in the vicinity

If any cases of sickness occur amongst the blacks under your care you are authorized to procure medical aid and if necessary proper attendance requiring the medical officer to furnish for the information of the Board~ a statement of the cases treated and the results Even here it is necessary to practice economy but the Boardfeel that they will best discharge their duty if the funds under their control are expended for the benefit of sick and infirm blacks rather thau for the support of those who might do something towards providing themselves with food and clothing

The Board would wish that every means should be used to prevent the blacks visiting the towns gold fields and places where there are public-houses and that when distributing stores the Honorary Correspondents should caution them against bartering their clothing ampc for intoxicating liquors

The Board will expect you to acknowledge the receipt of the stores and to furnish monthly a statement showing the quantities distributed

I have the honor to be Sir

Your most obedient servant

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

It is to be regretted that the arrangements made for the transport of the stores were in some instances defective causing great delay and necessarily entailing hardships on the blacks and giving annoyance to the Honorary Correspondents but a better system will he adopted for the future and it is hoped that the Honorary Correspondents will in all such cases communicate with the Board so that they may obtain authority to purchase supplies on the spot

In the last report of the Central Board it waEl stated that the Upper Yarrt

Aborigines would be removed from the Acheron as soon as a suitable site could be found on the north side of the River Yarra After diligent search Mr Green (the inspector) found a piece of land between Badgers Creek and the Watts River which is admirably adapted for the purposes of an Aboriginal Station Application was accordingly made to the Lands Department for it to be reserved and that was promptly done Tenders were invjted for the erection of a school and dormitories and it was hoped

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that aniestablishmentwould be founded here withoutdelay where the black arid half-castechildr~I~lanqAJ)firm aduHscolldl be received and duly eared for Before the time for the re~eipt of tenders hadtlxpired it wasmiddot found

however that th site interfered injuriously with the rights of a neighboring settler and as It has always been the policy of the Board to induce the setiler~to Cooperate with and not to thwart them the notice inviting tenders

was wIthdrawn and a new enquiry was set on foot in regard to the site The Assistant COlnmissioner of Lands and Survey cordially co-operated With the members of the Board and ultimately a blocJP of land was chosen telL suit~d to the wants of the blacks apd jn such a situation as to give sati~faction to~lpe]1sonsinthe neighborhood No timewas lost in inviting freshtenders and the worksfor the school and dormitories are now in prqgress ~n~ will he completed ~t is believedearly in ~6vember next

They wil1compr~se oli-eroom 36 feet 8 inches y ~8feet lofty wen ventilated and 1well lig4ted which will be used for th~ s(ho01 two bedshyrQoms 11 ~eet by 12 feet one)i feet 9 inches by 12 f~et one 12 feet by 10 f~~~ f~Sh~~ ~Ird tw~ 1OJeet 9 4icp~s y 9 fe~~3 in~~es~ lhe Ilu~ber of rooms wIll be mcreased when tne funds at thcdsposal o(the13oard aqDlitof

that being done but in the meantimeas soon as the Fr9posedQujJdj~gs are finished they wilJ be furnished and the asylum m1deas complete as P9ssible for the teceptio~ ofmiddotthechildreii The manage~ent of tliis institu~ ~i9n will engage the earnest attention of the Board _The instruction to be given tQthe children the lab 018 in which they shallb~ engaged and their treatment geneFallYr will need Verygrave consideration- indeed for unless the spheme be car~~l~ny matured tnd as cartfully watc~ed it may result in iailure- like I other experiments with sirililar objects mad3 here and in the ~Ieighb01ing colonjes which are so Qf~en adduced in favQr of the argllment that the Allorigines~are incapable of imprDvement As the scheme will have fDr its object the improvement of the physical condition Df the blacls ~s wellaamp their mDralmiddottraining it is to be hoped that so~~irC)as~re of success

~il1 follDW Rules wiU be irawn up for th~ guidlnc~)o( t~e teachers and fFeqvent visits of inspection willmiddot be made to the establishment Tohe

13()ard are not ltver sanguine and should the results f~ll shQit of their anticipations they will yet be satisfied if the teans ~li~ypi~Dpose to employ be sufficient to rescue the h11f-caste children from 1life Of infamy

Lake HindmMhmiddot The returns furnished by- the Reverend Mr Speiseke show that the Station average number-- of- Aborigines receiving rations is thirty-three per diem

MDre than one hundred frequent the station and lDok upon it as their home Mr Speiseke continues to make monthly leports showing exactly the state

9f tt~ statioQ thC) att~ndanceth( dis~ribption ()f fgoqJtWqclothing and the stores~ ~n- ~tanltL ~t[~9C~~sectS 1IvtI1e~calat~enqapce aregive~ when required middoti~~d st~e~lQU~ effcirt~ wade tqpreve~J t4e)~I~cyen-s indHlgipg in the vices commo1to thewhijes l rccmiddot i c

- t~fmiddot bull 1~middot ~ bull l~middot-middot l~fl~ (The GJentramiddotBoardook with mnchmiddotsatisfactiononthe general manshyagement of this station The efforts of Mr Speiseke are 1gteneficialnot alone as tending directly to improve the Aborigines who have taken up their re~idence with him but also as affor~g an example from which mDst useful lessons can be ~r~wn H~ standsjin relat~oI tQ ~heurouBQard sjmply~s lln HQnoJary CorresPondent as the dispenser of the pouptJjo~lthe q-overnment but his ~nflueJlce is increas~d ~Yf ~he nature of ~is labpJ~ a~d ~t has been ~xercised wi$~yforthe purpose of4nproving tlC phys~clllc()l~dition oftqe blacks One of~he young1eJl Und~r his ca~~ w~olatelyl1~ited Melb()lrne sowd by ~is con91llttmiddotatidconver~a~ion ttatth~ Abo-i~n~~ ~~derfav()urable c~cum~j-ance~ arecJ-pableof acqwrlI~g thehabIt~lfClyihzatlOngt

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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When the requisitions for the stores for the year were prepared and finally approved of the following circular letter was sent to each of the Honorary Correspondents shy

OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL BOARD FOR ABORIGINES Craubr

Melbourne 1st December 1862

SIR I have the honour to inform you that the stores named on the margin will be sent toyou

for distribution to the Aborigines under your care for the year 1863 Owing to the amount put down on the Estimates for the wants of the Aborigines being

80 small the Central Board are unable to furnish all the stores necessary for their comfort and as it is intended to provide an asylum for the children both black and half-caste it is probable that the sum will be still further reduced by the amount necessary to commence an institution where these could be cared for and educated and where infirm Aborigines could find an asylum and obtain medicnl nid and llecessary attention

The Board are anxious to impress upon the Honorary Correspondents the necessity for a careful discrimination in the distribution of the stores and would wish that able and healthy blacks should be encouraged to provide as far as possible for tl1eir own and the wants of their families

It is not intended that the Aborigines should derive their subsistence wholly from the liberality of the Government and indeed the sum voted for the supply of stores each year is inadequate to provide for all their wants

After mature consideration the Board are of opinion that under present circumstances they should not provide such articles as hats and shoes for the blacks have the means if they have the industry to make coverings which would supply the place of those

It is desirable to give only a small quantity of food at one time and care should be taken to prevent the Aborigines obtaining supplies from two stations Perhaps _ the best preventive measure would be to keep a book in which the names of the blacks were entered and to furnish a copy of the list to the Honorary Correspondents in the vicinity

If any cases of sickness occur amongst the blacks under your care you are authorized to procure medical aid and if necessary proper attendance requiring the medical officer to furnish for the information of the Board~ a statement of the cases treated and the results Even here it is necessary to practice economy but the Boardfeel that they will best discharge their duty if the funds under their control are expended for the benefit of sick and infirm blacks rather thau for the support of those who might do something towards providing themselves with food and clothing

The Board would wish that every means should be used to prevent the blacks visiting the towns gold fields and places where there are public-houses and that when distributing stores the Honorary Correspondents should caution them against bartering their clothing ampc for intoxicating liquors

The Board will expect you to acknowledge the receipt of the stores and to furnish monthly a statement showing the quantities distributed

I have the honor to be Sir

Your most obedient servant

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

It is to be regretted that the arrangements made for the transport of the stores were in some instances defective causing great delay and necessarily entailing hardships on the blacks and giving annoyance to the Honorary Correspondents but a better system will he adopted for the future and it is hoped that the Honorary Correspondents will in all such cases communicate with the Board so that they may obtain authority to purchase supplies on the spot

In the last report of the Central Board it waEl stated that the Upper Yarrt

Aborigines would be removed from the Acheron as soon as a suitable site could be found on the north side of the River Yarra After diligent search Mr Green (the inspector) found a piece of land between Badgers Creek and the Watts River which is admirably adapted for the purposes of an Aboriginal Station Application was accordingly made to the Lands Department for it to be reserved and that was promptly done Tenders were invjted for the erection of a school and dormitories and it was hoped

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that aniestablishmentwould be founded here withoutdelay where the black arid half-castechildr~I~lanqAJ)firm aduHscolldl be received and duly eared for Before the time for the re~eipt of tenders hadtlxpired it wasmiddot found

however that th site interfered injuriously with the rights of a neighboring settler and as It has always been the policy of the Board to induce the setiler~to Cooperate with and not to thwart them the notice inviting tenders

was wIthdrawn and a new enquiry was set on foot in regard to the site The Assistant COlnmissioner of Lands and Survey cordially co-operated With the members of the Board and ultimately a blocJP of land was chosen telL suit~d to the wants of the blacks apd jn such a situation as to give sati~faction to~lpe]1sonsinthe neighborhood No timewas lost in inviting freshtenders and the worksfor the school and dormitories are now in prqgress ~n~ will he completed ~t is believedearly in ~6vember next

They wil1compr~se oli-eroom 36 feet 8 inches y ~8feet lofty wen ventilated and 1well lig4ted which will be used for th~ s(ho01 two bedshyrQoms 11 ~eet by 12 feet one)i feet 9 inches by 12 f~et one 12 feet by 10 f~~~ f~Sh~~ ~Ird tw~ 1OJeet 9 4icp~s y 9 fe~~3 in~~es~ lhe Ilu~ber of rooms wIll be mcreased when tne funds at thcdsposal o(the13oard aqDlitof

that being done but in the meantimeas soon as the Fr9posedQujJdj~gs are finished they wilJ be furnished and the asylum m1deas complete as P9ssible for the teceptio~ ofmiddotthechildreii The manage~ent of tliis institu~ ~i9n will engage the earnest attention of the Board _The instruction to be given tQthe children the lab 018 in which they shallb~ engaged and their treatment geneFallYr will need Verygrave consideration- indeed for unless the spheme be car~~l~ny matured tnd as cartfully watc~ed it may result in iailure- like I other experiments with sirililar objects mad3 here and in the ~Ieighb01ing colonjes which are so Qf~en adduced in favQr of the argllment that the Allorigines~are incapable of imprDvement As the scheme will have fDr its object the improvement of the physical condition Df the blacls ~s wellaamp their mDralmiddottraining it is to be hoped that so~~irC)as~re of success

~il1 follDW Rules wiU be irawn up for th~ guidlnc~)o( t~e teachers and fFeqvent visits of inspection willmiddot be made to the establishment Tohe

13()ard are not ltver sanguine and should the results f~ll shQit of their anticipations they will yet be satisfied if the teans ~li~ypi~Dpose to employ be sufficient to rescue the h11f-caste children from 1life Of infamy

Lake HindmMhmiddot The returns furnished by- the Reverend Mr Speiseke show that the Station average number-- of- Aborigines receiving rations is thirty-three per diem

MDre than one hundred frequent the station and lDok upon it as their home Mr Speiseke continues to make monthly leports showing exactly the state

9f tt~ statioQ thC) att~ndanceth( dis~ribption ()f fgoqJtWqclothing and the stores~ ~n- ~tanltL ~t[~9C~~sectS 1IvtI1e~calat~enqapce aregive~ when required middoti~~d st~e~lQU~ effcirt~ wade tqpreve~J t4e)~I~cyen-s indHlgipg in the vices commo1to thewhijes l rccmiddot i c

- t~fmiddot bull 1~middot ~ bull l~middot-middot l~fl~ (The GJentramiddotBoardook with mnchmiddotsatisfactiononthe general manshyagement of this station The efforts of Mr Speiseke are 1gteneficialnot alone as tending directly to improve the Aborigines who have taken up their re~idence with him but also as affor~g an example from which mDst useful lessons can be ~r~wn H~ standsjin relat~oI tQ ~heurouBQard sjmply~s lln HQnoJary CorresPondent as the dispenser of the pouptJjo~lthe q-overnment but his ~nflueJlce is increas~d ~Yf ~he nature of ~is labpJ~ a~d ~t has been ~xercised wi$~yforthe purpose of4nproving tlC phys~clllc()l~dition oftqe blacks One of~he young1eJl Und~r his ca~~ w~olatelyl1~ited Melb()lrne sowd by ~is con91llttmiddotatidconver~a~ion ttatth~ Abo-i~n~~ ~~derfav()urable c~cum~j-ance~ arecJ-pableof acqwrlI~g thehabIt~lfClyihzatlOngt

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

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NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

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33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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that aniestablishmentwould be founded here withoutdelay where the black arid half-castechildr~I~lanqAJ)firm aduHscolldl be received and duly eared for Before the time for the re~eipt of tenders hadtlxpired it wasmiddot found

however that th site interfered injuriously with the rights of a neighboring settler and as It has always been the policy of the Board to induce the setiler~to Cooperate with and not to thwart them the notice inviting tenders

was wIthdrawn and a new enquiry was set on foot in regard to the site The Assistant COlnmissioner of Lands and Survey cordially co-operated With the members of the Board and ultimately a blocJP of land was chosen telL suit~d to the wants of the blacks apd jn such a situation as to give sati~faction to~lpe]1sonsinthe neighborhood No timewas lost in inviting freshtenders and the worksfor the school and dormitories are now in prqgress ~n~ will he completed ~t is believedearly in ~6vember next

They wil1compr~se oli-eroom 36 feet 8 inches y ~8feet lofty wen ventilated and 1well lig4ted which will be used for th~ s(ho01 two bedshyrQoms 11 ~eet by 12 feet one)i feet 9 inches by 12 f~et one 12 feet by 10 f~~~ f~Sh~~ ~Ird tw~ 1OJeet 9 4icp~s y 9 fe~~3 in~~es~ lhe Ilu~ber of rooms wIll be mcreased when tne funds at thcdsposal o(the13oard aqDlitof

that being done but in the meantimeas soon as the Fr9posedQujJdj~gs are finished they wilJ be furnished and the asylum m1deas complete as P9ssible for the teceptio~ ofmiddotthechildreii The manage~ent of tliis institu~ ~i9n will engage the earnest attention of the Board _The instruction to be given tQthe children the lab 018 in which they shallb~ engaged and their treatment geneFallYr will need Verygrave consideration- indeed for unless the spheme be car~~l~ny matured tnd as cartfully watc~ed it may result in iailure- like I other experiments with sirililar objects mad3 here and in the ~Ieighb01ing colonjes which are so Qf~en adduced in favQr of the argllment that the Allorigines~are incapable of imprDvement As the scheme will have fDr its object the improvement of the physical condition Df the blacls ~s wellaamp their mDralmiddottraining it is to be hoped that so~~irC)as~re of success

~il1 follDW Rules wiU be irawn up for th~ guidlnc~)o( t~e teachers and fFeqvent visits of inspection willmiddot be made to the establishment Tohe

13()ard are not ltver sanguine and should the results f~ll shQit of their anticipations they will yet be satisfied if the teans ~li~ypi~Dpose to employ be sufficient to rescue the h11f-caste children from 1life Of infamy

Lake HindmMhmiddot The returns furnished by- the Reverend Mr Speiseke show that the Station average number-- of- Aborigines receiving rations is thirty-three per diem

MDre than one hundred frequent the station and lDok upon it as their home Mr Speiseke continues to make monthly leports showing exactly the state

9f tt~ statioQ thC) att~ndanceth( dis~ribption ()f fgoqJtWqclothing and the stores~ ~n- ~tanltL ~t[~9C~~sectS 1IvtI1e~calat~enqapce aregive~ when required middoti~~d st~e~lQU~ effcirt~ wade tqpreve~J t4e)~I~cyen-s indHlgipg in the vices commo1to thewhijes l rccmiddot i c

- t~fmiddot bull 1~middot ~ bull l~middot-middot l~fl~ (The GJentramiddotBoardook with mnchmiddotsatisfactiononthe general manshyagement of this station The efforts of Mr Speiseke are 1gteneficialnot alone as tending directly to improve the Aborigines who have taken up their re~idence with him but also as affor~g an example from which mDst useful lessons can be ~r~wn H~ standsjin relat~oI tQ ~heurouBQard sjmply~s lln HQnoJary CorresPondent as the dispenser of the pouptJjo~lthe q-overnment but his ~nflueJlce is increas~d ~Yf ~he nature of ~is labpJ~ a~d ~t has been ~xercised wi$~yforthe purpose of4nproving tlC phys~clllc()l~dition oftqe blacks One of~he young1eJl Und~r his ca~~ w~olatelyl1~ited Melb()lrne sowd by ~is con91llttmiddotatidconver~a~ion ttatth~ Abo-i~n~~ ~~derfav()urable c~cum~j-ance~ arecJ-pableof acqwrlI~g thehabIt~lfClyihzatlOngt

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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Mr Green visited the Yelta Station on the 22nd December 1862 Yell

and his report of the condition of it was not very favourable Nevertheless Mr Goodwin states there is some improvement in the general health of the blacks due to the greater comfort they enjoy in having a good supply of food and clothing He appears to take great -gains with the blacks under his care Mr Green found that those residing on the station were well taught The steps taken by the Board for the improvement of the condition of the blacks in this part of the colony will it is hoped lead to satisfactory results

One great drawback to the efficient management of this station is its proximity to the Town of Wentworth on the New South Wales side of the river which the blacks cannot easily be prevented from visiting and obtaining intoxicating liquors

It appears that notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Central Board no proper steps are taken in that colony to check the sale of intoxicating liquors or to protect the blacks fiom the contamination of intercourse with the whites The injury unfortunately is not confined to New South Wales but extends to Victoria and renders it difficult for the Honorary Correspondents to manage the Aborigines under their care Several murders have been committed by blacks who have procured intoxicating liquors and disease and death everywhere follow an indulgence in the vice of drunkenness

The station under the care of Mr Bulmer is visited by some fifty LakeTvers

Aborigines who procure supplies of food and clothing when they need them From Mr Bulmers reports it appears that about twelve young men are _receiving instruction some of whom can read and one displays more than common intelligence and is likely to advance rapidly Mr Bulmer has 11ad to complain of delay in the forwarding of the stores and because of the want of supplies the blacks have wandered away from the station which has greatly interfered with his plans for their management and instruction

Every effort will be made to prevent delay in future but it is not easy to furnish supplies to a station so situated unless the requisitions be forwarded in good time The vice of drunkennessis common here as els~where and though many efforts have been made to prevent it it is not wholly eradicated

Then the blacks obtain intoxicating liquors they sleep out in all weathers and contract diseases which are beyond remedy Though medicines and medical attendance have been given some deaths have lately occurred from this cause and unless stringent measures be taken to prevent publicans pursuing this traffic it is feared that many lives will be sacrificed JYIr Bulmers station is well situated as regards the procuring of fish and game and the blacks are much attached to the spot The Central Board are well pleased that they have succeeded in obtaining a reserve so admirably adapted for an Aboriginal establishment The one drawback that it is not easy to transport stores to it will be lessened if timely notice be given of the probable requuements for each year

The old system of furnishing supplies for the use of the blacks to the settlers in Gipps Land was most unsatisfactory In two cases settlers succeeded in procuring large quantities of food and clothing from the Board and up to the present time no returns of the distribution have been made though applied for repeatedly This complaint in no way affects Messrs Bulmer and Hagenauer who furnish reports and returns with great regularity

This station is under the care of the Reverend Mr Hagenauer When LakeIWellington

the yenafra Reserve was resumed by the Government application was made

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

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Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

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for a piece of land in lieu thereof and a site was chosen by Mr Hagenauer n the River A von Objections were urged against its being reserved and It was only after much correspondence and long delays that the reasonable request of the Board was granted The Aborigines are in the habit of congregating near the mottth of the River A von and it is fortunate that the exertions of the Board were at last crowned with success for had they failed in obtaining this piece of landthe Aborigines of this part of Gipps Land would have been altogether without a home

Mr Hagenauer continues to furnish careful returns and reports The average number attending his station is fifty and sometimes more than one hundred and thirty visit it His school is well attended and he speaks hopefully of the prospect before him

It is gratifying to obtain proofs of the utility of the labors of the Honorary Correspondents and one fact mentioned in Mr Hagenauers report for January 1863 may be mentioned here He says he had at one time twenty-three sick blacks receiving aid and medical attendance who but for the assistance rendered by the Government would l1ave been left probahly to perish Frequent accidents happen wherever there are manv blacks assembleu and it is satisfactory to learn that the Honorary Correspondents are always ready to afford help to the sufferers

Mr Hagenauer is actively engaged in erecting buildings and the Central Board have contributed pound25 towards the erection ofl1n hospital for sick blacks and a room for stores These buildings will remain the property of the Government

Abundance of fish and gam~ are to be obtained in this part of Gipps Land and the locality in all respects is suitable

Habits of intoxication still prevail but Mr Hagenauer considers that the vice is not now so common as formerly and ill consequence serious quarrels (once so frequent in Gipps Land) are of raremiddotoccurrence QUite a friendly feeling has been established amongst tribes once hostile and this is due partly to the labors of this correspondent

~IountdFnmklyn The Central Board have hot been able to reinove the children from the school at Frallklynford owing to the delay in fixing on a site for a permanent establishment onmiddot the Upper Yarra but as soon as the buildings now in course of erection at Coranderrk are finished it is the wish of the Board that all the children ~han be removed to the new site

The hpuse at Frankiynford is in a dilapidated state and it would be nltcessary to erect another building if the school were to be maintained there but this course would be bth costly and inconvenient

I Some good results have however followed One oirl named Helen

llas apparently been tolerably well taught The Central130ard lately had the opportunity of seeingl a letter said to have been written by her to Mrs Thomas which displayed good sense and good feeling She forwarded

_also to the same lady a beautiful crochet collar as her own work Under happier circumstances the~e children may improve rapidly and become useful members of the community

Aborigines of the The condition of thelAborigines of the vVestern District has engared the Western Dis - triot careful attention of the Central Board since Mr J M Allan resigned the office

of Honorary Correspondent In consequence of some representations ha1ng been made that the blacks near Varrnam bool had been neglected and were suffering from hunger and pisease to an extent uncommon in other parts of the colony Mr Thomas the guardian of Aborigines was directed to visit the

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

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33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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spot and furnish a report and on the 2nd October 1862 Mr Green was also instructed to go there and after ascertaining their condition to afford relief if necessary

Application was also made to Mr Musgrove the Collector of Customs at W arrnam bool to assist in the work of ameliorating their condition and it is proper to state that that gentleman at some personal inconvenience most

generously extended his aid and has since most efficiently acted as Honorary Correspondent

The reports obtained from the officers of the Board as well as the testimony of Mr Musgrove show that the statements put forward by the persons interested in the improvement of the condition of the blacks had been made in ignorance of the facts and without proper enquiry

Subsequently a memorial was sent to the Government on the subject but when the Central Board learned that the object of the memorialists was to obtain funds to establish a central station with a superintendent at a high salary they felt bound to discountenance the movement aslikely to lead to great expense and to result in failure for there was no guarantee that the moneys would be judiciously used

The Central Board invited the memorialists to name some one williug and able to act as Honorary Correspondent but this was not done Deprived of assistance from the quarter where it might have been expected the Board had to rely on Mr Musgrove who has kindly assisted them as much as possible Complaints have been made since and perhaps they are not quite groundless for unfortunately habits of intoxication prevail here as elsewhere

There appears to have been some mistake made regarding the number of Aborigines in this district From the returns furnished and published in the First Report of the Board it appears that the number set down was 207 and stores were obtained for these in 1861 at a CQst of pound259 13s 2d but Mr Green found only 130 blacks at Tooram Belfast Hopkins Hexham and Terang and this year the supplies to Warrnarnbool have cost only pound18 4s 6d The greater number of blaGks have been relieved by the Honorary Correspondents at Mount Shadwell and Camper down the districts to which it is presumed they naturally belong

The number of blacks under Mr Musgroves care is 51 but as he seldom assists any but the sick and infirm (as directed by the Board) comparatively few demands are made on him

On the 11th October 1862 Mr Green visited the Western District In~pectionorst and reported on the condition of the blacks at Belfast Hopkins Hexham tlOn

Tooram Terang and Camperdown and on the 11th November 1862 he commenced an inspection ofthe aborigines located on the banksmiddot of the River Murray He visited Yackandandah Chiltern Cobram Echuca Gunbower Boort-boort Kulkyne Yelta and Swan Hill and returned to Acheron on the 26th December 1862 He obtained the names of more than five hundred Aborigines during this tour of inspection on the Murray and furnished reports which on the whole were very satisfactory He found the blacks under the immediate care of the Honorary Correspondents in a condition far superior to what might have been expected The Honorary Correspondents here as elsewhere discharge their duties with care and appear to be deeply concerned for the welfare of the Aborigines

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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1 Since h~ was first eniployeCl bY themiddotmiddotCerilial-middotBoardmiddotMrrGr~eli ~as visited in addition to the above stations tHe- whole ofthe Western District from Geelong to Portland and nearly all Gipps Land His services are valuable they have enabled the Board to reduce the supplies to some stations very considerably and Mr Green is 31~ays ready to proceed Qp a tour ofmspection when called updn ~ shy

~~ bull l f tj ~ ~

It is princip~lly owing to MrGreensmiddot1abors that the Central Board middothave been able to obtain a tolerably correct account of the numbers and distribution ofthe Aborigines and to regulate the supplies to each station in accordance with its requirements The Jmiddotvant of the information he has supplied led to some mistakesmiddot during the first year of the Boards labor~ which have been already noticed

Crimes The Central Board regret to have to state that seri~us crimes are not infrequent They most commonly occur in those districts where the blacks can purcha~e intoxicating liquors with facility and there is no doubt that if this business could be stopped few quarrehfwould arise amongst the blacks

In every case brought under the ~notice of the BoardpIoper legal assistance has been rendered alld interpreters have been employed when necessary shy

The guardian of AbOligines (Mr William Thoma~) has lelidered much valuable aid and his knowledge oflie language aiid customs of the Aborigines has beenus~d with advantage in the adillinistratioil of justiCe

Returds furnished by the Sheiiff andmiddot keepers of the police gaols appended to this Report show the number of Aborigines who middothave been tded and sentencedJfrom the 31st July 1862tothe 31st July 1863

Sale of Intoxicatshying Liquors The steps taken by the Ohief Commissioner of Police to prevent th~

sale of intoxicating liquors to the blftcks and to bring to punishment publicans who pursue this traffilt1 have been so far successnll as to check the vice to some extent and to lead to the conviction of several offenders during the p~st year

Themiddot publicans evidently sell liquors to the Aborigines whenever possible andare prepared to incur some risk lilther thangive up im profitable a business But the police are not idle and the names of two constabl~s James and Sutton who had scilnlUydetected tw~offenders were brought und~r the notice of the eurohief Commissioner of rdlice by the Central Board One wholesale dealers license was cancelled also by the Honorable the Treasurer because -he had indulged in this vice and it is is certain tha t in districts wherethe policeare active the sale will be checked~

The custom of settlers paying Aborigines for work done by orders on _ stor~keltpers who sell intox~cati~lg liquors and even publi~ans) seems to be

practised in ~on~e d~stricts bOlldeil~ampi on t1e yen~rray and the Centrtl ~oard regret that SUdLjE(VIJl shpuld~1Clst Ill a chpstlan country and thatln the present state of the law th~y cannot bring the offenders to punishment

bull Aborigines from During the past year th~ Central Board htve been put tosoineother oolonies I inconvenieilce aild have had to expend Ii Syen1aP sum of money in protecting Nacks brought fron~ other ~olonies Borne settlefs -dn thp River Murnty have prQuglif down black serJants who havepeen middott1rltJvn ~ On the protection of the Boird Tlieir employers weIeuro) eitherunab~e or unWilling to retuln tllem to t1teir friends and though the ~os~ of ~etiding themto ~lH~ir homes should 11av-e been den-ayed by those who derived b~riefit frointheir services the Centr~l Board could not see them forsakenandmiddotileglectedmiddot and give no assistllncemiddot As the law is at present it is impossible to compel

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

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bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

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RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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settlers to deal fairlY with aboriginalservants and not seldotn casettof peculiar hardship come under notice -

I _ ~~ applicat~on wa~ made to tle Centr~IBoardfor tssis3~lte iIi A=eOre~bull

establIshIng a MIssIOn Station at Coopers Creek for the benefit of middotth~ Aborigines Having in view the negleCted condition of the blacks in Victoria many of wh6~ are as little likely to be taught the truths of chiistianity as ifthey were iIi the centre of Australia and looking also t~ the duties and responsibilities of the Cmitral Board it was agreed uIlailinIOusly to reject the proposal Themoneys voted bythe Plrliament I can ba~ely reach thephys~cal wants o~ t~~ blacks and thougJt the_ ~ehrral Board have been always ready to avaIl themselves Of tlie serVices of Missionaries as Honorary Correspondents they have carefully maintained their principle of action and have not up to the present time either directly or indirectly assisted any religious body as such

On the anniversary of the birth-day of Her Majesty the Queen a lIre- of the

d3putation from the iborigines of the Yarr~ Goulburn and Mordialloc ~oQ~~ to

o~e~ attend~d a ~tJvee eldby yur Excene~cys predecessor~tahdpreseIitedl a~ address m the native langnage congratulatmg Her Majesty on the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Her ROYil Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and at the same tinie laid before His Excellency for presentation to the Queen and other members of the Royal Fapnly a greatmiddot numbel~ ofweapcins and articles of Iuitive ntanufacture The Aborigines the Board are informed themselves originated tie movement andthey apP9ared to be deeply interestediil the event Some o(th~IllJ~f~I~d to present th~ir Weapons until it was e~Jlaiited to His Excellency for whom they were mtended and all of them mamfested extreme pleasure when Sir Henry Barkly promised to forward them to England

The address was received by His ExceJlency and the presents were carefully and duly s~nt to their destination and it is hoped that the elaborate workmanship and skill displayed in the manufacture of them will be properly noted in Europe where many quite untrue representations have been made as to the charac~er a~d condition of this people These articles will show that in skill and industry (in their own pursuits) they are remarkable and certainly not inferior to many savage tribes who stand far higher in the scale marked out by the ethnologist

The conduct of the Aborigines was grave and dignified and W onga the principal man ofthe Yarr~tripe~1ddr~s~ed HismiddotExcellencywith becoming modesty bull and yet WIth earn~stness

The Secretary of the Board continues to collect weapons utensils ampbits gtwl

and implements illustrative of the mode of life of the Aborigines The ~~~igi~~S Honorary Correspondents have also furnished several vocabularies and it is expected that they will continue to contribute information The Board still give encouragement to these labors

Those who are best acquainted with the former and present condition Generalcondition middot h h f th H C d of the Aborigishyof the A ongmes state t b at t e exertIOns 0 e onorary orrespon ents nee

have been very beneficial and they are not without hope that some amongst the Aborigines may be made useful and ultimately be brought to adopt settled habits

The Central Board in each of their reports have been most careful to avoid language which would seem to convey the impression that their labors have produced any remarkable improvement in the condition of the

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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blacks They have refrained even from publishing middotthe more flattering accoun~s which they have from time to time received because they are only too conscious that the greater number of adult blacks are yet in a lamentable state and perhaps beyond help being hopelessly contaminated by years of intercourse with the worst class amongst the whites and with habitswhich it is in vain to seek to change by any means at the command of the Board At the same time it would be wrong to hide the fact that some advantages have followed and that by no other system known to them could they do more than they are doing The adult blacks when in need are provided with food and clothing every case of sickness or infirmity brought under the notice of the Honorary Correspondents is at once attended to and strenuou~ efforts have been made to provide a suitable asylum for the children

Frequent cases of hardship ar~ mentioned from time to tim~ and the hasty and inconsiderate might suppose that they were cases which the Central Board had neglected but a little reflection ought to satisfy even the most exacting that is impossible to prevent the Aborigines from following their old habits and indulging in their old propensities Unless they were

carefully watched and tended daily they would break away and wander through the towns and over the gold-fields where they easily procure intoxicating liquors with the moneys given by unthinking persons who endeavor in that manner to relieve their wants If the repeated requests of the Central Board l1ad been complie9 with and an Act had been passed for the management of the blacks containing the proisions suggested by the Board and already published many of the difficulties they have to contend

with would have been removed but without law and but limited funds at their disposal they must be content to labor even if the results should fail far short of their anticipations

I have fhe honour to be Sir

~our ExcellencyS most obedient Servant

THEO J SUMNER

Vice-President

To His Excellepcy Sir Charles Darling KCB Governor-in-Chief of the CoIony of Victoria

ampc ampc ampc

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

16

APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

___ __ _

18

BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX I

NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ABORIGINES

Total number IgtiJtricts LocaJitieB Authority of men women

and ehildreJl

Green 22 Boonoorong or Coast tribe Wawoorong or Yarra tribeSouthern

Thomas 11 33

Green 28Goelong and Col tribesSouthmiddotWestern Green 40 Warrnambool bullbull Camperdown bull bull bullbull

M1lllglltgtVo 51 BeImst and Port Fairy bullbull Green 11 Portland Green 100 Casterton Green 45 Balmoral bullbull Green 53 Hamilton Learmonth bull 58 Mortlake Green 43 Mount Emu and Ballaarat Porteous 69 Wickitle Mount Rouse and Hexham Gray 10 Bacchus Marsh bullbull Moclean and Y Olmg 33 Franklynford Stanbridge 38

645 Goodwin 66

Yarremiddotyarre tribe Yaako-yaakotribeNorth-Western

Goodwm 39 Kamiuk tribe Goodwin

Green ~ Green 171

Boort Lower Loddon bullbull~~~lL~~=

Green 65 Gunbewer Houston 12 Cobram Green 38

~BOke 31 ount Talbot ci~ty ~

Speiseke 45 Plains ~6eke 52

LnJie Hindmarsh and vicinitybullbull Speilleke 112 158

Northern Strutt 148ir ~~ Ec~~ca Green 95 169

Hagenauer 11 La Trobe and Rosedale Port Albert bullbull SouthmiddotEastern

Hagenauer 51 M Uster Mafra Upper Mitchell Omeo ampe Hagenauer 52 Nicholson Tambo Bruether and Lake Tyem Hagp-nauer 66 Buchan Snowy River ampc Hagenauer 35

221 NorthmiddotEastern Green 45

Bamawartha Tangamballanga

Green 27 711

1918

NOTE

return~~~l~~Ei ~~~~~~suU~ ~e~~~~e~tyt~~g~~g the above return namely to obtain from one person where possible The above figures must be taken 3S approximations only It would be very difficult and expensive to tuke a census yearly Uld no good

purpose would be served if it were done There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257 which is accounted for thus -The T Tatty and Lutchyeshy

lutchye tribes~umbering 180 improperly included in Mr Goodwins return last year are omitted in this and at Swan Hill Mr Green could

find o~l~~a~inamp~~b~~S~i~~t~tltia~~i~[e~ ~~es~~uKtnt~~ero~~~ f~i ~~t~ ls~~~~ In the Southmiddotwestern there is an

~f~~~ib~lf~~~~~~8es~t~~~n~~lb~~Sub~11tt~fo~lh6o~t~ bS~l~~r~1i~~Sttnvlrt rtCh~Y~~district The difference in the numbers for the North-western district have been already explained and those observed in the Northern Southmiddoteastern and Northstern districts do not call for remark

The figures in tho table are sufficient to show that the aborigines are not decreasing so rapidly s is generally supposed If instead of looking at the totalil which are liable to error for reasons already explained we compare tho returns made by Honorary CorreSpOndents who

~~e~nJj~tIi~~~~~~~~~J~clltb~d~~~~=t~~tJi~le~irths and deaths we sball see that in no It is to be regretted tbat it b boon necessary to use last years returns for some locaJities but U is almost lllllOOSOnabll to expeel the

Hono~ g~ii~~~~ o~t~is~To~e~hh6e~e~~d other particulars of 1788 aborigines those respect whom such information is wanting amount to 120 and they are located principally at Wicklitle Mount Rouse Hexllam BacchUll Marsh 5 Warrnambool

As the above return i imperfect the Centra Board would be gtnd if Honorary Correspondents and otbers possessing information would communicate with the Secretary There is reason to believe that some aborigines in the central part of Victor are not includod

R BROUGH SMYTH Secretary

Office of the Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines 25th September 1863

No Sc

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--

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

Z

15

APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

16

APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

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APPENDIX II

DISlRlBUTION OF STORES for the use of the Aborigines y the Central Board from the 1st August 1862 to the 31st July 1863

I fImiddotsect MiscellinooUB=ml~ ~~ ~ 0 Ii ~~ l(fj~ Elt Jl Elt ~ 1---shy

100 Ibs IbB Ibs b bullbull pairsPlmB

1 box pipes10000 160 2000 5033S 501 Yalta 558000 200 200 lbbull 6IlJt 100 yards blue Berge 50 yards fiannel

50 yards cottonJ 50 yards calico 1 pot Holloways ointment 1 box pills 4 pints castor oil 7lbs mustard fionr

2000 400 152 Acheron

402s 300 40KullQne bullbull 3 8QO 500 100 50 14Carrs Plains 800 50 24 6 woollen dresses 14 pea jnckctB 12 panniltins 12bullbull

bIllies

100 50 24500 12Birregurra 4 womens dr_es 12 pc jackets 12 paonikins5 Uhllli_

503000 6316 162Sandford bullbull 40 24 200 yards print 1 box pipes 25 hatobets2500 100 1000 200 50 247 Y IIckandondab bullbull

500 50 1 gross pipes 12 womens dresses1000 3000 308 Hamilton 25 12 monkey-jacketB121000 75 12Rich Avon 3000 1009

2050 500 50Benyeo Apsley 1000O

56shy 25150 50 50Portland 2000 841 50 woollen petticoats 50 womens jackets 50 waist belts

20400 25Yat Nat Balmo1 1000 502

50 50500 28 50 50 25Hermitage 3000 50 1 piece grey oolioo (83~ yards)13

243923500 40 24Franklynford 224 lbbull rice 56 lbbullbull ootmeal 7 lbbull mut~rd 12 boys jumpers 72 yards calico 50 yards print 12 combs needles thread amp0 1 ca5C oven 2 iron

~~~st~~i~I~loatl~~t yards serge

4

9Walmer 255005 801500

00Lake Hindmarsh 2500 75 6016 160 38 7210000 100 yards print 50 yards woollen stuff 50 yards flannel 6 (lozen pannikins 24 IDllt pots 4 zinc

250 i

buckets 400 lbbull rice 6 lbbull psom salts 36 womens dresses 12 boys jumpers 48 tomashyhawks 6 axes 36 camp kettles 6 camp ovens

I 864 p~esmiddot books 1 bagmiddot pea 224 oatmeal

40 12Gunbower 1000 112 50 38 243400 100 24 womens ts 36 chemises 127 ~l1~~s ~~~~y~a~i~~m~kt~ lbbull EPsom

Carngilam 38 30125 1129 728 4400

00Narecb-nareeb 36 243019 3000 800 24 womenf3 dresses 24 petticoats 12 tomahawks 24 palluikins 12 billies

12Hoort 500 4025O 1000

18 18 18Geelong 150 10 181 400 80 4 ~tieoatsi 18 yards print 4 chemises 12 pannishy )S lt1 bi lies 281~ 100 meat 2 tomahawkB

22 Camperdown 361000 50 722000 100 12 tomahawits 24 petticoats

43lIIount Sbadwell HjO 1000 112 150 23 20 Womeng dresses23 2000

55Bacchus Marsh bull 224 3740112024 15lIfordiailoc 500 56 561600 755 ~ Ibs meat 3 tarpaulins

Balmoral 2028 12 womens mosses l 12 chemiseS needles and thread

6

33East Charlton Yowen 24824 140 242500 70 3 Ibs thread7 18 Hill

8 Swan Hill bull 250 5050 500 200 lbbull rice 50 petticoats2000

100fount Carme Lke 2000 90200 200 10 90 600 lbbull rice 11ox pipes 100 yards towelling 100 6000 20029 fyer3 yards sergo 200 yards cotton print 712 yards

calioo JIbs thread 300 needles) 4 boxes tape 24

~~s~i~~Ctut8sq6arfr~t1u~k~~~t jO~~a~e~Ql cross-cut saw 4S tomahawks 2 axes I set scales lud weights i5 lbs twine 72 fishinglines 144 fisltlug books 56 lbs arrowroot~ 30 Ibs oatmeal 1 amp1na11 medicine cheilt

110 00lfission station Sale 3000 100 50 30 100 Ibs rice 48 chemises 36 womens dresses) 100 yards calico 50 yards flannel 3 Ibs tbread 48 camp ketole 96 pmmikins 50 pocket knives 48

20010000O

shy middottomohawkbull 24 36400 25 36 womens flanncl shifts751000I~chuca I

401092 362000 80Tcrrick~terrick ZO250 25500 2~5 I VIrarrnambool

15391100 39 240 140 lbs rice40 1 Yowlgera

50 Jelleott

IOOO 50 4004-I I lest Danynion Mount

I-~--I--- 6111136 ~ 56496120 2808129182 2318 1453I Totals

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

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APPENDIX III

ACCOUNT showing the Amounts Voted for the Aborigines and the Amounts Expended from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

DR Unexpended Balance Amount voted for 1863 to meet all expenses for

saJaries of Guardian and Teachers rations clothing

s~~ru~~a~~~~t~~fedampc Amount over estimated on requisitions for stores ampc 1862

pound bull d 1131 0 0

6~ gamp

21 11 6

pound8052 11 6

CR Incidental and Burial expenses Medical ttendance Rent of house for sick blacks board

amp0 at Caeterton

Sas~~~~r~vi~I4~Pf=s f lr~t JuIYI863

t~t~~A~fto Government Storekeep~to cover requisitions for stores ampct ~

Salaries of Guardian and Schoolmaster at Franklinford from 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

Unexpended halance

pound s d pound s d 41 5 4

157 0 2

17 6 0

325 0 0 411 6

4700 0 0

0000 0 5845 3 0 2201 8 6

pound805211

Medicines and medical comforts have been sllpplie(l which are not included in this SUlll t For particulars of expenditure see statement attached

STATElIrENT of the Total Cost of all Clothing Provieions ampc (including transport thereof) supplied for the use of the Aborigines from the 1st August 1862 to 31st July 1863

I - ame of Station Amount Name of Station Amount

-~ I

Yelta ~on Station) Acheron Kulkyne Lower furray Carrs Plains ~rJroa Yackandandah Hamilton Rich Avon Upper Rich~l)n Denyoo Apsley Portlampnd Yat Nat Balmoral (C M OffieerEsq)Balmora (W T Molloy) bull Hermitago Chilampern Franklynford Walmer Horsham bull Lake Hiu(lmarsh (Mission Station)

pound s il 489 4 8 200 19 4 79 7 7

118 19 5 4013 1 79 5 0

122 1 5 67 16 10 5717 0 43 5 ]0

104 12 5 3711 8 14 10 6

105 15 10 71 16 8 42 0 5

337 8 0

Brought forward Carngham Nareebmiddotruueeh Boort Station Lower Loudon Geuroelong Camperdown Mount Shadwcll Bacchus Marsh lIfordialloc East Charltoll YowenHill Swan Hill Mount Cannel Lake Tyers (MiSsion StatiO)Sale Gipps Land (~lission Station) Eohuea Terrick~terrick Warrnambool SwallReach

pound s d 2131 19 10

119 511 107 9 8 39 010 43 11 16 91 15 8

127 9 8 5311 4 63 13 0 94 9 2

17913 9 486 411 323~12 6 64 19 11 85 2 5 18 4 6 63 1 I

Gunbower Durham Ox 118 14 2 T Bungelene on boai IIMCS Viclor Melbourne GuardianS office 38

14 911 8 1

Carried forward pound21311910 pound4125 4 6

APPENDIX IV

CENTRAL BOARD APPOINTED TO WATOll OVlm THE INTEIlESrS OF THE ABORIGINES

The IIonorahle Richard Heal MP President Theo J Sumner VicemiddotPresident The Honorable S G Henty MLC

William lIracredie Esq JP

HONORAHY Anderson A G Esq West Banyniong Mount Jeffcott Andrews Henry Esq~ Geelong

~vr~l~b~~~sq~)~~y~fa~i Hill Campbell Duncan Esq Lake Lalhert Carr C W Esq Andersons Creek

~ll~~~H~c~~ls~efVi~era Fergusson William jsq Camperdown Garratt J til Esq Geuroelong

~~~~t lj~~Nr~b-~~~~~~~ltfeddonHedley G D Esq ltD Palmerston IIughes C Esq Cobram Houston G j unbower Durham Ox J acksot1 J Sandford ~ Jamieson Hugh MHdura Johnson JohnKer W L EsqLane H B Es

~~~~~i~~Sjlru~~~~nMackin Charles Trrlyers~ Esq MD Honorary Medical

Officer Geelong

~~g=~~I~s~~Yi~e~~kSale

Henry Jennings Esq Thomas Jinbliug Fsq MD John lIIackenzie Esq JP R Brough Smyth Esq

CORRESPONDENTS lIcLeod John lIIcLeod Hngh Apslcy McJeod J N Portlampnd Macleod l Archiba W l~sql irnsdale Gipps Land lIIanley J Wcmyss Esq Toolamba lolloy W T llalmoraJ Mitchell T Esq Tangamballanga Station Little River

Yaekandandah Officer C M Esq Yat Nat Balmoral Officer S H Esq Murray Downs Parker E S Esq Porteous Andrew

elvoir~~~t~h~~i~~sqJ GeelongRitchie John Esqbull Eoodcarra Rowe J P bull Esq Terrick~terrick StationJ Mount Hope District Scott n D Esqbull CamperdownSimmons J W Esq Swan Reach

~~fridowil~~q~lJ~~~~=esfOrdStrutt O E Warren G Mordialloc Watson Murruvill Wilson Walmer Horsham Young J ames Jsq Bacchus Marsh

The uurlermentioned Gentlemen have resigned their appointments as Honorary Correspondents shy

Allan J 1lt1 Esq Tooram 1IIaciean lIIordaunt Esq BaechUll Marsh Chenery G Esq Deiatite Pasco Crawford Esq Swan Hill Gummow B W~ Esq Swan Hill 1

bull MrlIolloy is also Honorary lIIedical Officer

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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18

BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

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APPENDIX V

LoCAUTIES AREAS ampc of Lunds reserved for Aboriginal purposes

Locality Date of Gazette

M oorabool and Werribee Karngun 1

Duneed - Hopkins river bullbull M

~~I

bullbull June 26th 1860 Februnry 11th 1861 June 29th 1861 bullbull September 17th 1861 bullbull

640 acres 3 1

3500 Lake Hindmarsh bullbull September 17th lS61 1891 Warrnambool bull d

l September 17th 1861 bullbull 3500

Woori Yaloak (cancelled 30h June18621~

fr=~ ladgers Creek (in place of Woon Yaloakl

0

January 11th 1862 June 6th 1862 Not GaZtltted June 30th 1863

l200 640 ~H

LakeTyelll _0 ~ May 15th 1863 2000

APPENDIX VI

middotGAOLS~

RETURN of the Number of Aboriginals Tried and Sentenced fr~m the 31st day of July 1862 to the 31st day of July 1863

I Name Where convicted When convicted Offence SenteneeI

Geelo ~~ H nJemwy Nelsoii ~~ bullbull ~October 6 1862 6 hours imprisonment ng bullbull -lt Drunkenness March 26 1863 6 hours imprisonment Drunkenness ro=~~ray February 4 1863 Mansl8ughter 6 months imprisonment with hard

I8bor ~tlli~

VaglllDcy June 11 1863 2 months imprisonment1lil1y Ben Newstead DrunkennArarat March 5 1863 12 hours imlrisomnent

ifiY$Jrolanbullbull Portland I December 30 1862 bullbull 1 days imprlllOllIllent 1~ulting an aoorlginai Melbourne

lht~ughbullbull ~i1 returns from Beechworth Klimore

41Thla~Iksonerwas confinild in castiemaineGaol being nt there to receive medieal treatment He was discharged on the 6th of Angnst l863 and sent to Castlemaine Hospital

-f ~ bull CLAUD FARIE Sheriff Sherifls Office Melbourne bull

25thSeptember 1863

POLICE LOCK-UPS

KYNETON DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the above District for twelve months ending 31st July 1863

Place of Oonfinement I Name Date of Oonviction

BacchuB Marsh

Bacchus Marsh

I Jackey ~-- - Novcmbcr141862

Jackey November 22 1862

Offence

Violentlyhielubra

Drunk and

Sentence Da of Sentence

-1hoursim~risOnment November 14 1862

24 hoUlll imprisonment November 24 1862

EDWARD B RYALL Sub-Inspector Police Department Superintendents Office r

Kyneton 15t~ SeptembeI 1863

BALLAARAT DISTRICT RETURN of Aborigineswho have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups and

PolicE Gaols in the abovedistrictbetween the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863shy(vide CircularNo 48 24th September 1863)

shy -

PI8ee of Oonfinement

Nain bullbull Date of Conviction Offencc

I Sentence Date of Sentence

MinerBreBt llaJlaarat West Lock-up

BaJlaarat Jeinmi bull

John Johnstone 1862

July 1l86S

DrunkenneBs

Drunkenness

-

Ordered to pay 3 bull I cah fare IIlId dIsshycharged bullbull Discharged bull bull

December 2 1862

July S 1863

bull Amsted at Minerarest and diBIgtosed of at Ballaarnt

Superintendents Office Ballaarat 8th October 1863

The Chief Commissioner ofPolice HENRY HILL Melbourne Superintendent

bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

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18

BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

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bull

bull

17

RETURN of Aborigines Confined in the Police Lock-ups and Gaols in the Richmond Depot and Bourke districts between the 31st July 1862 and 31st July 1863 Furnished in compliance with the Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 E 2635 dated 24th September 1863

Place of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence

1I1Donee Ponda Jackey (an ~J-W~~) March 23 1863 Stealing oue rug lIlofN one book and one

shu ring caBe

i

Sentence Date of Sentence

DiBChnrged March 23 1863

Police Department Superintendents Office Richmond Depot 6th October 1863

ROBT BOOKEY Superintendent

PORTLAND DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines Confined under Sentence in Police Lock-ups and Police Gnols in the above district between the 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 (vide Circular No 48 September 24th 1863)

The Chief Commissioner of Police Melbourne

GIPPS LAID DISTRICT

RETURN showing the number of Aborigines (Jonfined in Lock-ups and Gaols in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (vide 2635 H 24th September 1863)

J MASON Superintendent

Place of Oonshynnement Name Date of Oomiction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

Bairnsdale

Sale bull

~Iac OoyBilly Clarke Jamey Clarke Tommy Whitbnrn

27th Dec 1862

llurglruionsly entering a i

dwelling with intent to i

rob Drunk and disorderly Discharged

caution with a 27th Dc 1863

Tommy 10th Jan 1863 Do Do 10th ran 1863 Tommy Whitbnru 18th Jan 1863 Do 24 hours imprisonshy 18th Jan 1863

moot Robert Bragfton 20th Iay 1863 Do Discharged with 20th May 1863

caution

pound~~~fult 1 5thbullbull 8th 1863 1863

Do Do

Do Do

5th June 1863 8th June 1863

bull These prisoners were apprehended on the 21st November 1862 aml discharged on the 28th November there not heing sufficient evidence ~gainst them

EDGAR SLADE Sale 13th October 1863 Superintendent

BELFAST DISTRICT

RETURN of Aborigines Confined under ScnteIlCe ill Police Gaols and Lock-ups in the above district from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863

Plaoo of Oonfinement Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Dto of Sentence

Warmambool gtlickey Drunkenness bull bull 24 hours imprisonment August 3Johnny Assaulting Q lubra 1 weeks imprisoument February 11Peter Drunk and disordeHy 3 days imprisonment ebruary 12 1

Hamilton Paunchy Alexander Drunk and disorderly 48 hours imprisonment lIfay 9 1863BarneyOamperdown bull Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment Ararch 7 1863Edwar(] Drunk and disorderly 24 hours imprisonment May 23 1863Barney Resisting the police in 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

the execution of their duty

Sandy June 11 1863 bull Drunk and dilOrderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863 JiUy bull June 11 1863 Drunk and disorderly 3 days imprisonment June 11 1863

Mortlake Temmy JllcLean ])ecember 261862 Drnnk ami disorderly 2 hours imprisonment December 261862

This Return doe not include prisoners wilo have been arrested and discharged On being taken before magistrate but only such prisonerwho have boon convicted

S S MURCH The Chief Commissioner of Police Superintendent

Melbourne No8 d

___ __ _

18

BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

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BENALLA DISTRICT

A RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined under Sentence in the Police Lock-ups ampc in the Benalla District between 31st July 182 and 31st July 1863

Place of Conllnement 1 Name Date of Conviction Offence Sentence Date of Sentence

i

Jemmy January 24 Ul63 Drunkenness bullbull Fined lOa or 48 hours January 24 1863bull imprisonment

Jemmy Damaging Government January 24 1863 To pay 11sbull or 14 days January 24bull1863Wangaratta J property imprisonmentFanny March 6 1863 Drunkenne bullbull Imprisoned 24 houra bullbull March 6 1863 Jenuny March 24 1863 Drunkenness bullbull Imprisoned 1 days bullbull March 26 1863bulll

A BEAVER The Chief Commissioner of Police Sub-Inspector in Charge

Melbourn~

A RETURN of all Aborigines confined in Police Lock-ups or Gaols in the Castlemaine District lgtetween 31st July 1862 and the 31st July 1863 in accordance with Chief Commissioners Circular No 48 24th September 1863

F A SLIDELL Superintendent

Place of Conllnement Name Date of Confinement i Offence Sentence Date of Sentence bull

Thomns Carter bullbull IBillylln

November 201862 N6WStead

June 6 1863

bull Entered in tbe Sheriffs return

Castlemaine 1st Oct 1863

MoIvOR DISTRICT

RETURN of all Aborigines who have been Confined in the Police Lockups from 31st July 1862 to 31st July 1863 (per Circular No 48 qf 24th September 1l63)

middot I Date of Sentence IPlace of Confinementbull N_middots_m_6___ _D__te_of_c_o_n_vl_ct_io_n_I ___o_ff_e_n_ce_middot I____Sen_to_n_ce_

I __

Doe Boy bullbull September 1 1862 bullbull

Paddy September 23 1862 Johnny Nolson October 4 1862

Echu Lockup ~Wf~~ ~~~~ 18 l~~ William November 10 1862

November 101862

Apri14 1863 June 30 1863

Superintendents Office Heathcote 1st October 1863

Drunk and disorderly

Drunk and disorderlyManslaughter bullbull

Drunk and disorderlyDrunk and disorderlyAssaulting nd resistshy

ing the police bull

b~~kU~~erIYDrunk and disorderly

Fined 55 or 48 hours imprisonment

Discberge with a caution

6 iSa~lhftriralent 3 days imprisonment 3 days imprisonment 7days imprisonment

14 dayll imprisonmentDischarged with a caution 24 hours imprisonment

September 8 1862

September 24 1862 February 4 1863

November 11 1862 November 11 1862 November 11 1862

November 11 1862 April 6 1863 July 1 1863

E ONEILL Senior Constable pro Superintendent (absent on duty)

NOTE-Nil returns have been received from the following Iock-ups-Melbourne Geelong Kilmore Sandhurst Carisbrook Avolt)8 Ararat Wimmera Swan Hill and the OvenS

By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne