NRS-17323 | Returns of Aboriginal people

Full description

This series consists of an undated listing of the numbers of Aboriginal peoples in each district of New South Wales, town by town (noting whether male, female, or child), "Aborigine or half caste" (editorial note: this is the language as it is used in the record), and the number at school; a Government Stores Department Minute paper (No. 87/3147 of 17 June 1887) which encloses several returns of Aboriginal peoples in the Grafton sub-district 1886-87 giving numbers for various age groups; and a letter from the Police Officer, Grafton, dated 16 February 1887, enclosing a list of names of Aboriginal peoples recommended for clothing. This information was obtained when the Electoral Roll was being collected in the District.

These papers were located in the Aborigines Welfare Board’s Tabulated expenditure at Aboriginal stations, 1887-88 (NRS 13, 7/3641) and were removed prior to the microfilming of State Records Reel 2847.