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THE report of a Commission of Inquiry on social and economic conditions among the aborigines of West Australia and the working of the State system of protection, which was published on March 12 last, criticises strongly the inadequacy of the provision for medical attention, the inefficiency of the care for half-castes and the wasteful and unsatisfactory character of the management of the Moore River settlement. The Commissioner, Mr. H. D. Moseley, is doubtful of the success of the missions among the aborigines; and he finds that allegations of cruelty and ill-treatment of the aborigines, which have appeared in the public Press from 1930 onward, are without foundation.
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Social and Economic Conditions of West Australian Aborigines. Nature 135, 798 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135798a0
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