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Sport 26: Autumn 2001
XVIII She Is Not
XVIII She Is Not
1
She is not an
‘aboriginal’
while so employed.
But
whenever any such half-caste
returns to her people
and resides with them,
she becomes an
‘aboriginal’
within the meaning of the Act.
2
Upon report by the Protector
that venereal or contagious
or infectious diseases
prevail among the aboriginals
of any locality,
the Commissioner of Police
may cause all affected
to be mustered
and removed
to some island or other place appointed for the purpose
to be there detained until cured
3
Well Mither…all black-fellow gone!
All this my country!
Little Pickaninny, I
run about here.
Corroboree: great fight;
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all canoe about. Only
me now Mither.
All this
my country.
4
to search Aborigines
their dwellings and belongs at any time
to confiscate Aboriginal property
read Aboriginal mail
confine Aboriginal children
expel Aborigines
far from their families
order medical inspections
and prohibit dancing