John Stanley, Willy Rankine and Leonard Campbell of Point McLeay |
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| Title : | John Stanley, Willy Rankine and Leonard Campbell of Point McLeay |
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| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Date of creation : | 1923 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
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| Description : |
In 1923 despite the protestations of the Aboriginal community the state government had passed The Aborigines (Training of Children) Act. In response to the legislation these three Aboriginal men, (L-R) John Stanley, Willy Rankine and Leonard Campbell traveled from Point McLeay to Adelaide to petition the government and present a memorial written by Ellen Kropinyeri. Commenting on the removal of children the memorial noted, the "Act, which, hitherto had been illegal and I believe punished by law, is now legal and supported by law." [Register 21/12/1923]. The petitioners failed to change the government's position and the removal of Aboriginal Children continued into the 1970s. |
| Related names : | Campbell, Leonard |
| Coverage year : | 1923 |
| Further reading : | A little flour and a few blankets : an administrative history of Aboriginal Affairs in South Australia, Cameron Raynes, State Records, 2002 Conquest of the Ngarrindjeri : the story of the Lower Murray Lakes tribes, Graham Jenkin, Raukken Publishers, 1995 Ngarrindjeri nation : genealogies of Ngarrindjeri families, Doreen Kartinyeri, Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2006 Not Part of the Public, Judith Raftery, Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2006 |
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