Menindee - A P Elkin 1946



Personal Archives of A P Elkin
University of Sydney Archives
Box 14, Item 1/3/34
Aboriginal Station Management - Menindie Correspondence 1946

Two letters and a report by Mr A W Hicks in connection with Inquiry 
under Section 9 of the Public Service Act into the administration
of the Aboriginal Station at Menindee and the manner in which Mr
L N Briggs, manager of the Station, has performed his duties.

Witnesses called at the request of Mr W Ferguson -

Agnes Johnson
Albert Wilfred Johnson, handyman, son of Agnes
Oscar Johnson, son of Agnes
Gladys Johnson, wife of Oscar
Elsie Ferguson, wife of Duncan
Eric Ferguson, son of Elsie
Albert William 'Scruffy' Woolf
Ted Wyman
Duncan Ferguson, brother of Mr W Ferguson and husband of Elsie

Also mentioned -

Jack Johnson, resident of the Station, has 'de facto' wife 
and two children by her.

Personal Archives of A P Elkin
University of Sydney Archives
Box 12   Reference 1/3/29 
Reports on Aboriginal Station Management

Letter dated 8 January 1944 from Menindee Station, Aborigines Welfare Board.
Unfortunately the page containing the sender's name is missing.

The letter contains " a list of Aborigines who died at Menindee Station while I was at the Station".

Joan Taylor, 1 month old, died during the Manager's Annual Leave.

Bridget Murray, died in Broken Hill Hospital a few days after giving birth to a stillborn baby.

Baby Murray, stillborn of the above.

Rosie Smith, not a resident of the Station. Brought in dying condition. Died in Broken Hill Hospital. Aged.

Baby Whyman, stillborn in Broken Hill Hospital.

Matthew Whyman, died in Broken Hill Hospital, 1 year old.

Joyce Kelly, 1 month old. Died on Station very suddenly in night. Convulsions.

Jack Connelly, died in Broken Hill Hospital. Cause stated to be dilated stomach.

Fanny Brown, died on Station. Cancer. Very old.

"All of the above deaths were reported to the local Registrars either at Menindee or Broken Hill."



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