[“Diseased Natives in Town”, The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 11 December 1909, page 6]
On Sunday last a deal of alarm and anxiety was caused parents in Hedland through the sudden knowledge of the fact that some two dozen diseased aborigines (collected from inland by the police) had been dumped right in the town, within rifle shot of the post office.
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to set aside an area for these unfortunate creatures’ detention, pending their removal to the allotted hospital islands.
AB notes:
Walter Barker’s attitudes harden as diseased Aborigines become a common sight in and around Port Hedland.
