Aboriginal Welfare (1937) |Aboriginal Welfare (1937)|
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. INITIAL CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH
AND STATE ABORIGINAL AUTHORITIES CANBERRA, 21ST TO 23RD APRIL,
1937. By Authority: L. F. Jonhtson, Commonwealth Government
Printer, Canberra. ABORIGINAL WELFARE.—INITIAL CONFERENCE OF
COMMONWEALTH AND STATE ABORIGINAL AUTHORITIES. HELD AT CANBERRA.
21st TO 23rd APRIL. 1937. At the the Premiers Conference held at
Adelaide in 1930, it was decided that there should he a
Conference of Chief Protectors and Boards controlling aborigines
in the States and the Northern Territory. 2. In pursuance of
that decision, the initial Conference was convened by the
Commonwealth Government, and was held at Parliament House,
Canberra. 3. The Minister for the Interior, the Honorable T.
Peterson, M.P., who is vested with the control of aboriginals in
the Northern Territory, opened the Conference. 4. The
representatives of the Commonwealth and States were as follow:—
Mr. J. A. Carrodus, Secretary, Department of the In