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AMONO the resolutions adopted by the General Committee of the British Association during the recent meeting at Cardiff, several dealt with problems connected with the native races of the Empire. Of these one referred to the deplorable conditions now prevailing among the aboriginal tribes of Central Australia, of which an account was recently given in these columns (see NATURE, July 8, p. 601). The Association urged upon the Federal Government and the Governments of Western Australia and South Australia the desirability of establishing an absolute reservation upon part of the lands now occupied by the tribes within the jurisdiction of these Governments in order that they might be preserved from extinction. The resolution further emphasised the necessity of establishing a medical service for the natives in order to check the ravages of disease by which they are now rapidly being reduced in numbers. It may be hoped that the influence of the Association will add force to the movement which has already been set on foot in South Australia, and induce the Governments concerned to take action in this matter.
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Native Races of the Empire. Nature 106, 65 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106065a0
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