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Big Occasion For Nora

• A TAMBEIJ.UP police constable who struck a native, breaking his jaw, on August 8, has been convicted by Mazjstrate H. G. Smith fo.r unlawful assault. The Ma.gistra.te said Ooustabb) G. B. Sherry had struek labourel' Joss Smith (26)', of TambeDuf NaUve Camp, "to settle a. private

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ague Seqretary Is Coolbaroo, 1954

Evidence was given that S.m1th had been walking COOLBAROO League secretary Nora Shea wae chosen along the raUway track to- ae the winner of the league•a 19&4 bathing beauty contelt towards the native camp on Februa-ry 12, on the judging of three W.A. National Fit· when Constable Sherry shone neA Council repr-eeentativet and manager J. H . &taft'ord, a torcll Ln bls face and struck of Corot and Company. b1m across the jaw w1th his ftst. Miss Shea won the contest from six other entrants. Points

Smith was then arrested were allotted for H&ure measurements, general appearance. - on a dn:mkenneSSc fit:jan~d;t-:de~p9o~rtment and costume.

was released on bail next day would uu ... oul1h•, be a strong contender m the future. All and complained to his em- cotnpetitors were to be commended for Uteir excellent ~Ioyer about a pain in his shOwing. aw. Miss Kathleen Ryder was

. and ~t of earrings, and third prize a modern gold-trirll­med. black handbag. ffactured Jaw placed third in tl;te competi­

tion. All other competitors re­c~ived an imitation pearl A doctor who examined M1ss Ingram won last

htm said Smith's jaw had year's bathing beauty con­been fractured . test and took the title of Miss

necklace. ·

It was said Constable Coolbaroo, 1953. _ The league's double-tier

~econd anniversary cake. made by Mrs. J . Smythe, of Perth, was cut by contest­

Sherry had been chaslng an- 'p J D other native along the rail- r lttS onatecl way track shortly before b~ saw Sm ith and had fallen, hurting his ankle.

Sisters Jean and - Meryl armer

had seen the assault.

Constable Sherry said Sllllth was drunk at the time and had argued strongly with him. It had been neces­sary to use some for ce to arrest him, . but he had not

·used too much force.

Ill-temper The Magistratt said Con­

stable Sr.herry ad struck Smith because he was · in an ill-temper s,fter having fallen. '

Evldence given by the two native girls had been · "re· liable."

Constable Sherry had made no specific denial of havmg struck Smith In his defence evidence. Smith could not have proved as llrgUmentative as alleged be-cause of an impediment in

Hearing of the case· began ln Tambellup on .December 14 and the Magistrate gave hJs findlng late fast month. ... -

Among the many fine palnttngs that adorn the

· "'aUa of the modernised Nar. rogln lesser Town Hall is one by world-famous aborJ­G:,Inal artist Albert Namat-31ra. He will do an aircraft tour of Australian capitals llfb ter meeting Queen EUza-ett\ ln-canlier~.

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Prizes were donated by winner Miss Shea ass1sted by Corot and Company and pre- league president W. Bod.ney. sented by Mr. Statrord. First Keith Anderson, dressed 1n PI ize--was a five guinee: dress neck-to-knee bathers as Miss orde.r and an eqg~ nf:3f;f}lj9;,- ~-bum~ur fo the Second prize was a necklace evening.

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SCOUT MOVEMENT TO ADOPT MISSION BOYS

THE W .A. Boy Scouts' Association intends to adopt groups of Scouts and cubs 4t Mogumber, Mt. Mar­garet and Roeland stations.

Association secretary A. Jones said the adoption of mission boys by district scout groups .would mean that scout! would maintain scouty contact with theJr adopted friends.

They would provide them w1th materials such as secondhand unilonns and unwanted scout books. Scout~rs had been asked to give consideration to

the ways in whJch they could help mlsslon scouts and cubs in their districts. · ·

' It had also been decided to encourage native boys from country towns, Bassendean and Bayswater to b~come members of local scout and cub organisa­tions.

ve · of scouting the same way as all

other members of their troop or pack. doitsJderation of the adoption of mission boys had ·

been discussed at a recent meeting of Co11llTlissJoners. Correspondence between metropolJtan troopa and

natl'le troops would also be encouraged. Twenty boys at Roelands Native ~lsslon recently

accepted ' t)Je- Scout Promise and Law and were in­vested as scouts. They form'd .the 1Srd W .A. Group, Roelands, and were welComed into the movement by Bunbuty Sea Scouts and Collie Troop. ., Inquiries foP. scout membership could be made

from the secr~tary, W ... A. Boy Scouts• Association, 45 Kl.ng Street, Pertl1.

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COOLBAAOO LEAGUE aecret.,y No,. Shu ud 1

double rttton for c:elebretlng when •h• cui the t .. ,ue'• deond anniversary cab. Sht htd" lvd b.tn ludg•d winner af • •peci•l bathin9 buuty eonteat. Leegu. pn~aldtm Blll Badney ia e.!_ctur:G ...111~ing he~. (Furl he.: -picture lftlld. ... ~ -

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THE W .A. Coolbaroo l.eau•e lntertda tit tend the f«)llow­lng letter to Hel" Majelty Queen Elizabeth •• a welcome to Weatem . Aultralla. ·

"May it plel\9e yQur Most Gracious Majesty.

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41We, the cha1rman and members of the CoolbaroO Lea$lJe, wish to extend our warmest welcome to you on TO the Editor: A copy of your visit to Western Aua- your Jant.uu•y fl11.1e clihe Into tralla. my posseslion M4 I wa1 lm-

"The Coolbaroo League 1s pressed immetiiely by :rour

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a non-political and non-sec- eclllevernent .In produclng an t~rlan body ol whfcb 'an "xceuent paper. Althouati not 111embere are Aborigines. The accustomed to wrltma at Le . has now been estab- random to the preu. r felt llsh or ov r twlrYe , P,!lled In thll caM. to and ia principal aim is to writE an Dltatulate ... )'i)Ur .-encourage and help Abori&J- · I wish you every succe.s nal people to promote tltelr 1n your ambtttons and-hllhlY own welfare and advance- successful vertture. - Yours, ment ln the ftelds ot educ::a- etc., tJon. employment and social Rev. J. DcplazZI, chairman and economic development Board of :Management. St side 'by .sJde with members Francia Xavier's NatJve Mls~ of the white community in slon Wandering W A our democratic and Christian ' •. ' · · way of We. ••• ..,

••we slncere1y wfsh your Ntnc abo.rjginal children Moat. Gr(lciou.s Majesty a are at present in Prlncea long an() 1pcaceful reign and Marpret Hospital .tot chtl-lasting happlness. dren. ·

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NAR ROG IN Council Is in danger- In danger of losing a reputation for tol e rance, consideration and help towarda aborlginJ:a living with in the district.

QUIETLY-SPOKEN, reticent Gordon Vickie (20), of Wyndham. began to take an interest In art as a boy attending Forrest River Mission. A wattle stick became his first brush. ·

The attempts by some of the town's councll lora to lmple­me~nt a racia l segregation policy can only be condemned. ll is first subjects were Thl'tC he read fur the first It Ia a far cry from the councWs outstanding efforts to trees, ho rse);, yurds and the I imt> of A I bert Na matjira assist In the aaalmilatlon drive by providing houses for rang(•S , druwn as he sat be- ami his \va tcr colours. .He ooloul"ed people of Ute district . side a camp-lire In his first (.h rsuaded i.Jn a irl in l! pilot to

Judg ing on reports of a recent council meeting, when it I imc . t.uy him some in Darwi!l. was suggested that separate seating and conveniences be His outstanding ability was lie began us ing o ils provided In the town for aborlglnu, no real Investigation noticed~ but little was done through a n acciden t. On one was carried out to determine whether aborigines were the about it until the mission uccasion a s tore sent him oils deflnte cause of mess made In ce rtain parts or the town. superintendent gave h im mstcad of the water colours

Counc:lllor R. D. Slm blamed the aborigines for a mess some crayons. Ill' had QI'ucrcd. round seats near the town hall. Councillor Zllko said that He said to Gordon : "There Last year Gordon went to although he wa1 against aegregatlon It would be neceaaary i~ something locking in your Darwin- a nd entered some ot to provide separate convenlenc:ea In the town for aborl· work. What is it ? l'riJ. not his works in an exhib ition glne•- going to teJl you." It was a lo ngside the works o f Albe rt

If either councillor visit ed conven lencea at any or the then that Gordon found he Nama tjiro. Gordon's work bea~he1 In the metropolitan area they would think twice hud not painted shadows nor took first pri~. about jumplna ao quickly to conclusions. grass under trees. His ambition now is to gtve

It Is obvloua that they and other council lora have uncon- . In 1950 . Gordon's fa t her up his job as a store man and telouaty or deliberately decided that aborigines must eMYt. d h:\J and hJs family shtr~~devotc his lite to painting. at their aoapegoat. to. Wyndham. Cordon went Docs he neeS( to wait for in-

With them. splratlon t<r C6me along?

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A WJLLIAM8 tea ahop proprletreN reoently told the pre .. that the and her huaband did not dlaorlmlnate over natlve.--they made It a polloy to refute them all service.

&he followed up thts rather Interesting statement by aaylng: "If we aerved one of them In the shop, we would have to eerve them an. And If we did that white cultomers would refute to come Into ~h~ shop."

The P,roprletren made trfeae atatementa following a re­fuaal to serve alx aboriginal membera of the Coolbaroo Le.gue, acoompanleJS by a Native Affair• Department offi -cer tnd another white man. __ -

n a very Je.w words the took It upon hereelf to C1)nde the whole W.llllama oommun lty a1 un -Christian. A rather aweeplno atatement. •

ln- faot, •he ~ hel" huaband do not outrightly refuse aervlce In their ahop to all aborlglnet. They do so only when tt r, con von lenu

At an ln1tanoe, they told the Coolbaroo Le.ague mefl'\bera they c:ould have bottle• of 1oft drlnk-"but you're not going to drlnk out of our gli\UH."

Pel'hapa the JnconvenlehCe of waahlng glasses ta.. too much effort? Or, potalbly they consider It "fashlortable" (wlthJn their own sphe~re) to un atand-over tactic. on people who have been oppressed In their own country for many yeare by our leglsllltora.

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"No. If you wok<.' me up in the m icldl <> of the night, l could s ta rt painting," he says.

His plans for the future: To go t o Perth for further training.

Gordon sold his firs t paint­ing-a water -colour- to a Wyndham taxi driver. He has ucen mar r ied , but the mar­riage wus a failure. With the money he makes out ot painting he keeps himself and supports his child, mother and relatives.

Already he has overcome b1g obstacles, but even big­ger ones sti ll face him. How­ever, he is still a young mant

-John Hendi"lkse.

In any caae, aborlglnee now know that there Ia a second ahop In the town where thoy can be certain of service.

It 11 ~.mfortunate th•t some aborigine• In the Williams dllltrlct •ttrlbuted a statement, in the presa, made by the tea •hop proprletrese, to the Cooll)aroo League.

THIS LINE-UP of . .+tractive g irl• wes ill ken at the Cool be roo League's anniver11ry function on Febru•ry 12. From left to right they ar• : Rome Wellem, Rome KideH, Kathleen Ryd•r. Nore Shu, Monica ln9ram, Nelda Dempster, Joan Deeble.

NO member ~f the Coolbaroo Leaguo, or Native Affalrt Department who wltne .. ed the Wllllama Incident said: ••All the natives up here aren't clean like the ones In Perth. COOLBAROO LEAGUE MAY START BRANCH Some~ of them are jult' fllthy." THAT STATE,MENT WAS · MADE BY THE T&:A -~HOP PROPRIEl'RESS. ~ - AT NARROGIN

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T ilE Coolharoo League had hopes o r s tarting a bra nch at Narrogin In the not too distant future , said pr·esidcnt W. Bodney a t the league'! first Narrogin da nce of 1954, on February 6 .

Attended uy more than 150 people from Narrogin and surround ing districts, the dance proved a big success. Music was rendered by a four-piece orchestra and

BRIGHT· PROGRAMME FOR NARROGIN DANCE

A bright pro_gramme hat been arranged for the Cool­baroo League's second dance of the year at Narrogln on March 13.

Games, novelties and spe­cial competi tions have been

Na..r.rogi n singer Miss Eunice Smith gavo the evening a boost.

The dance was held in the town 's m odernised lesser Town Ha ll .

All photographic bloch used in ·;westrallel'l Abo. tigine" ere by courte5y of J . Glbbney end Son, Ltd., Procen Engravers, St. George's Terrace, Perth.

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• or~anised and music wm be For Parcel Fre•"ght or ; provided by a three-piece or· chestra .

No alcoholic liquor or in - l'assenger'· Bookings toxlcated persons will be ad-mitted . Soft drinks wW ............... ..._._.---~-To-tlte North-West

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The donee will be held in the recently-modernised les­ser Town Hall.

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One of the foremost aims of a proposed new Coolbaroo League con­stitution is to foster a greate r pride in the aboriginal inheritance. The league's committee is now working on a. constitution for registration. 1L is proposed , under the

conslitu tin n to establish a hostel fo r coloured Austra ­Han&-young m err who are either a pprentices o r in sat­isfactory employment -where a hlgher s ta ndard of living accommoda tion is es­sential to the success of the position.

A you th club which would lX' a young people's br anch oi the league, func tioning un­der its rules and constituJion is a lso consider ed in the pr o­posed n ew constitution.

Other points laid down in­clude :

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Mrs. La ll ie Akbar, he r two small daugf1tera a nd Shll'ley Mc intyre, a ll of Laverton, left Ka lgoorlle recentl y for a n extended ho liday In Adelaide where they will vlalt Ml"8. Akbar'• married aona and daughten~. Rail booklnga to the Eastern Statee are heavy and th~ pal'ty wn lucky not to b e stranded In Ka lgoorlle for a month or so . . ~

• • • B£>n Mason was a very welcome v isitor to Kalgoor lie·

last month. His mar1y fr iends were pJeased to see him and hear of h is doings along the coast . While in Ka1goorUe Ben had a slight motor cycle accident and landed hlmselt Jn h ospital for a few days.

• • • Lance McGrath, of Ya Jgoo, was also in Kalgoorlie for

a few days last month. He intended becoming a mln&r and settling in. the town, but he had to .return to Yal&oo.

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e The elimina tion o! aJl un---:fust(nltriers which hinder, or could hinder , the oppor­tunities a nd general ad­vancement of aboriginal -people. These barriers tn­cluded Legislative laws, dis­criminating injustices a nd p rejudices.

Bob Donalc:!wn and family were down f rorn Cashmere Downs Sta tion for a few weeks. B'Ob is to be c::ongtatulated on his present posi tion. He 1s virtually m taker

Caslune re Downs which is being restock~ a nd bullt i-f-r,:,:up,..agam y¥r. R: Tox, of Kal goonte. BOb hid .flib~ on '

a ho1iday a t Esperance with Darbin Murphy, o EdjUdlna S ta tion, but they changed their plans when they heard of a diphtheria outbreak at the aeas.lde town.

• • • Two pret ty Ka Jgoorlle sisters Phyllis and Dorothy

Tucker have JDlned the staff of the G.M. Dinlng Rooms. • • •

WelfiWe Work :;:....__ --+~__;b~~f-i.~~lt:~~~79~±=5~~~~~~:-lt The large: number o r children at Kur1'8w~ Mla1on in what is rea11Y the first-year indicate. the po arlty of Mr. e Work in conjunction with and Mrs. Sharpe. Thert~ wtll be at l~ast six at ec;hool thJs

the Native Affairs De part- year. Ther e ar e others ranging ln oge from a few months men t and approved na Uve and children of any a ge can be boarded there. The Native welfare organis ations, when AffaJrs Department is trying to obtain materials to bulld des ira ble. showers and amenities to help Mr. Sharpe with hJa work.

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.. The Coolba r()(}· League would be a non-politica l, non­sectarian organisation to unite the abor lkinal people o f W .A. to a be tter under-

-~•.nding toward -. each o ther and lh~ whitt! commun ity. e The encouragement a nd help of the aborig ina l people to seize every opportunity to fight with determination fo r advancem ent in ed ucation , employmen t, social n£,tivltles

. a nd a gener ally h igher stan-· dard of living a nd Christian­Hy.

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Libby's Going to School Soon '

SIX. YEAR-OLD Elitabeth (nicknamed Libby by P.rinceu Mugerei Hospital rturses J could barely aee when she was

._. broughf to Perth from Port Hedland four yeer1 ego. Her eyesight had a lmost f. iled beceuae of •• riou1 cat­

erects. But hto operation• end cloa• ettention a t P.M.H., wher• she we a .- patltftt for mort t11ert I 5 rnontha, helped

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Laverton can now boast four coloured children at high school. T hree or four youn&er ones are cravin_g__for J he day when they can join them. Alice Trott ha! been hoAOu.red tty selectwn for Alva n House and Howard Thomas went back to Perth when school began. Hector O'Louablln ls attending Boulder H1gh School a nd Jean GrUfiths the Eastern Goldfields High School ,_._, . . .

Patriotism is r unning high among aborigines ol the Eaat­ern Goldfields and many of them have the inten­tion of com ing to Kalgoorlie 1n the hope ot seeing Queen Elizabeth during her short vi.Slt.

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There was d ancing tht·ough the night und unti l in to the la te afternoon at u uright New Year's Eve par ty nt the Leonora home of Bill Ash­win.

Dancing went on until the sun went down on N cw Year's Day, then the gay crowd began to s ing .

They began with "Till I ' Waltz Aga in W ith You" and soon went on to "Mocking Bird Hill,'' 4'W eddin ?, Bells" "Keep I f n Se~ct," 4Bea u t't­ful, Beautiful Br own Eyes,"

.~'Forever a nd E ver " and fln· ISht><l on "So Long."

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Rates are 6/ 6 a single column lncb or • 0/· for contraote of 100 Inches or more. Jror Information write

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Brighi at ell time• through her ordul. Eliubeth entfHred herself to the nurses. Though her sight ia fe r rrom perfect now, she can diatinguish colours readily end glen• • ere ••pected to improve her sight fu rther.

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THIS is your own newapa per and therefore your re-sponsibil it y. Thla edit ion was late because copy did not come In promptly enough.

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1n rom T.WENTY-SIX glr~ from the Mt. Margaret 'Mission recently spent

a.n enjoyable week's hoUda.y at Cosmo Newberry. It was their second visit to <Jos1no a.nd the heat made tbe swimming pool tb.S centre of attraction, · t .

THREE stations before he gained his nppolntmcnt to Cosmo N ew­ber ry .

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tractor WILLIAM BURTON has under taken a b ig fe nc­ing job near Esperance in company with REG. JOHN- A police pa trol recently STON. -- - -- j-c(mtlsc.W~ .a~.ven shotguns

from bush natives - In the W a r bur ton Ranges dis trict a fter a llega tions had been made tha t a native hnd run a mok during a spear f ight .

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now proudly showing a n e xemption ticket to her­ft•iends in La verton. She is a t present employed nt the local hote l.

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have Arrived ·at Cosmo New­berry t.0 take charge of the s tation for United Abori­gines' Mlsslon. ·Mr. Lupton worked · on severa! mission

• • • LEN HARRIS, of MuJJewa

is progressively passing all the Railway Department examinations tot· the posJtlon of s ta tionmaster. Hts most r ecent successes were the s tationmaster's accountancy examination and the flrs t -ald certificate. · • •

BOATS IN 18 MONTHS

Aboriginal earpenter of Male &. Co's Pearl· lng Fleet la unched an­other boat at tb• end of December.

. Thla now brlnga their total to three boat, In 18 montha.

· They have now.atart-. ed work on a new achoonerr to be com· pleted wl\h.lo t~e next alx montha.

Male A Co. employ• half-oaate oarpenten and fufl..bfood helpera.

In whatever d lstrlct you may live there Js news ot aborigines which ia of J.riter·

' est. ·You can p lay your part by writing to us about oc­currences 81\~ opinions in your district. Send· In news of your district because It is urgently needed.

Address aJlletten and sug­gestlona co~rnlng Wettra• Jlan Aborigine to the Editor, Westrallan Aborlgin.e, care of the Coolbaroo Leigue, 102 Beaufort S btett, Perth. The annual subscription Lt 6/ · .

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SYNOPSIS: Midgegeroo, {ather of Yagan, was a man of bold spirit who had the r e8'J)8Ct and friend8hip of many of the white settlers in the South-West districts. Both Midgegeroo and Yagan believed in exacting a life for a life and made known their viewpoint to the settlers. They Btru.ck bargains and kept them; but woUld stand no insult, injustice or ind(gnity to their people. The authorities iB8tted a warrant {or the arrest of Midgegeroo and his son so that they C01Jld ~ kept in custody until they learnt more of white men's laws.

BOTH MEN continued to yJII~ their trusted white friends a.nd exchabge Kllt8, though they did not come openly In~ the settlement as, before. THEY were not greatly concerned that " the soldler men"

were after them, because they knew the " red coats" were no match for them on their own ground. The wh1te men wm ,C]uml)", tg:norant and short;&labted . in tb& bush and u eully eluded u chlldren. Apart from this, their c1othes

~Art. larly ~ of soldlen-made them con-IP CU0\11 • all timfs. ~

'IT wJu reallaed Yag!N colU be arrested only by trjckery. So, takln& advan dl natural frlendllneu he was at Jut a bound and sent to cus-may at CBI'Ill Yapn trom. htb'lln a 1m11aJ the---matnlbd a

...miles off the coast. Here and finally escaped

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,. MIAT 1rill be do next," a writer uked in the columns ol '1'he Gazette;- "ThJI strange, vtndtcttve, almost courteou. uvace?"

WHAT Yagan did was lo put aside all precautions and walk Wlarmt(! in to the townabjp, wandering from .house to bonae, vllltloa and sometimes helping hfs white friends. He even vl.aited pollee headquarters to discuss the aiD:Urs Elf tile ~~ettJnnent, end belleYhll tn ttts stn&rltY, tEe dOVer­oor qa.ID-ji'anted him protection of the law. From this

'-.J~J'~ a snort era of happiness and peace for the 1ettlement.

8ETTIR undentanding was established and Yagan reaa­med with the authorities, that as they had now claimed the BJbbulman country, compensation. in the form of regu­!at' ratJ~ would p .. event theft of veaetablea and speartng lt etock. These rations, he insisted, must be glven as a ;oken ot ex¢hanie not ns charity-and .dlstrlbuted. not lY the wbJtemen, but by himself. This was agreed upon md worked well until a hot-headed visitor trom Tasmania me day fired on a peaceful aboriginal party, ~tiling Yagan's younger brother DomjuJn.

THE settlement wu agaJn in an uproar. Mldgegeroo LDd Yagan were grief-stricken and enraged. Two innocent nen, who happened to be In the cart from which the fatal lhot wu fired, were shortly afterwards ambushed and peared on a lonely road by Mldge&eroo and hts son. The tappy, peaceful days h.ad been &hort-llved. Except for a ~w poUce boya and the:lr tqmUlea ther~ ere--no trlbeB­.eople now to be seen about the streets of Perth. Many of he .ettlers clamoured fol" protection and demanded the mmediate atz>eat of the tribal leaders. Yagan's gaoler turtn.r his tenn on carnac Island wrote to the ,Gazette lefence or hbn and his people:

''THE sons of Derbal nre harmless. llberal and klnd­learted people. They not only refrained from an acts of toatiUty on our arrival, but showed us every kindness in heir power . , . When we were lost in the bush and thus ompletely 1n thelr hands, these noble-mlnded people shar­d with us their scanty and precarious meals, suffered us o reat for a night in their camp and In the morning·dlrect­d UJ upon our way . . . Yalgonga .. . w1thout a murmur f reproach, ruti<ented with hla people before us . . . He, vho but a few years aso, held sway over 'tast territories, tOt oven holcJJ out hJs band to .get a crust of bread."

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ANOTHER writer decla r­ed : 'Thes~ natlves are thieves, liars and ungrateful of &oqP. treatment._ Thl• Yagan 1S nothing but a cruel, bloodthirsty and treacher­ous savage. It is not his 'martial courage' we have to dread, but h is daa­tard dupllcJty as secret as­sassin and incendiary."

AT Last, reluctantly, ln the absence of Captain StirlLna, the Lieutenant-Governor is­tued a proclamatiqn otrerln& a reward of £30 tO- anyou who could "capture or aid and usist fn capturing the body of Yagan, dead or alive." A sllahtly smaller amount was otJered for the capture of Midgegeroo. -

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tee has arranged for a party of Cunderlee MJseJon nntlves to give a. boomerang and spear-throwing exhlblUon at the Labour Day Carnival at CJaremor.t · S nowgt'ounds on March 1. Mtaalon superln· tendent Mr.' Stewart wHl be In charge ot the party.

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MANY aborigines between the ages of 14 and 25 wiD have an excellent opportunJty of seeing the Queen in Perth on March 29.

They will mar ch past lhe ~~;...__ _____ _ _ _ Queen and D~ke of l!XIin­burg.h 1n the youth parade under the banner of the Coolbaroo League.

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· Ab6\lt 60 youth groups wm take part In lhe parade which wUl be Lhe biggest ever held In W.A.

Coolbaroo League presi­dent W . Bodney said the march would not only give those in It the opportunity· to see the Queen, but would also be an honour that would be long-remembered.

Arr.angemenb ha'-e been made by MacRobert.on Mil­ler Aviation Company fer­two boy tcouta from the Ito- . lated Wyndham troop to tra­vel to PeTth, aa gueab of Ute_ cgmpany, on the occa•lon or the Royal VIsit.

Limited Numbers The Wyndham scout troop - the only one north of Ger-

The number to march with oldton- has been active for· the Coo1baroo League would the past three years under be limited. Early applicants the control of Scoutmaster would have first preference. Pat MacDonald .

Anyone wisnin& to march Of the two scouts selected in the parade would have to one will be a coloured boy,·· hand in their names to lea· and the other white. ~ secretary MJ.ss Nora They wlll be met .lD Perth Shea.. not later than ~ by the W .A. Boy Scout.!. AB 19. socLatlon and bHletted with

Appllcations could be sent ~untry .OOI.Jts who wUI c/ o the Coolbaroo League, be In Perth nt the tlme. 102 Beaufort Street, Perth. They wJU be returned to

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HALF-CASTE engine dri· ver Paddy Torres has been admitted t o Broome District Hospital suffering rrom a n old leg injury.

Paddy, who Is a lso fore­man of the Broome power ­housEf. has been having leg trouble for some months.

Hls eldest son Paddy (18) 1s also an engine driver at the powerhouse. His daugh­ter Louise ( 16) la trainlng to be a nurse.

Another of hls sons, who recently left school hr work .. lng for one of the pearlins masters. His four other chil­dren are still at school.

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Has anyone seen Wilfred Watson, formerly of South­ern Gross and Yalgoo, late­Jy ?

If you have, and you can get in touch with him, there Is a cheque waiting for him at the Kalgoorlle Native Al· tnirs Dcpa•·tment office.

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B 0 0 R 0 LOOLA'S weather man. Billy Hooker le In disgrace.

I nceuant rain cau.­ed the poatponemenl of the aborig ine's moat Important corroboree of the year. Bllfy, who took credit f~ having made the rain, promla­ed to make It atop with hie maglo atonn.

"The night of Febru­ary 11 will be fine for the corrobor-..," he aafd. ·

February 11 came and the aborlglnn d a u ~ & .d them­aelvea with ochre, mud and gooaefealhera. But It rained harder than ever a ll day and all night. Next day It waa atll l raining.

Angry tribesmen seiz­ed Billy's atone• and hurled them Into the f I o ode d MacArthur River.

The rain stopped. It'• been ftne ever elnce.

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