Description | Copy dispatch No 130 dated 24 December 1860, from Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Western Australia, to the Duke of Newcastle, regarding enclosed reports and statistical returns for Aboriginal institutions in Perth. Enclosed copy letter from Dr John Ferguson, Colonial Surgeon, to the Colonial Secretary, regarding the enclosed returns, and his opinions on the declining Aboriginal populations. Enclosed copy letter from Anne Camfield, custodian at Annesfield School, regarding the impact of colonialism upon Aboriginal Peoples. Enclosed Forms of Return for Colonial Schools completed for Annesfield School, New Norcia, and the Sisters of Mercy at Perth. |