| Description | <p>Copy dispatch No. 8, dated 18 April 1861, from Sir John Young, Governor of New South Wales, to the Duke of Newcastle, regarding Florence Nightingale's inquiry into the conditions of Aboriginal schools and hospitals, and the circulated forms of return.</p>
<p>Appended to the dispatch are copy letters regarding sickness and mortality amongst Aboriginal Peoples:</p>
<li>W C Wills of the National Education Office to the Colonial Secretary, dated 23 November 1860.</li>
<li>C E Robinson of the Denominational School Board to the Colonial Secretary, dated 18 January 1861.</li>
<li>Dean of Sydney to the Denominational School Board, dated 15 January 1861.</li>
<li>The Bishop of Newcastle to the Denominational School Board, dated 16 January 1861.</li>
<li>P Moore Keating of the Vicar General's Office to the Denominational School Board, 16 January 1861.</li>
<li>S Rabone, Chairman of the Wesleyans to the Denominational School Board, 16 January 1861.</li>
<li>M H Stephen of the Sydney Infirmary & Dispensary, to the Colonial Secretary, 8 January 1861.</li>
<li>Henry Hollis, Hospital Building Superintendant General, to W Eyland, Colonial Secretary's Office, 28 December 1860.</li> |