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E. T. Green

[Stamp: COLONIAL SECRETARYS OFFICE QUEENSLAND 9.285 23 NOV 87]

In re condition of Blacks at Georgetown

Acting Manager " The Morpis[?] Claim" -
an Inquirer

Georgetown
Nov. 6th 1887

To the Honorable
Sir Samuell [sic] Griffiths [sic]
Brisbane

Dear Sir

I write this to you because I do not
know the proper authority to send it to, but
I have every confidence in trusting you to
forward the following information to them.
For some time past the aboriginals have been
allowed to camp in the vicinity of Georgetown
with the result that the most disgusting
scenes occur almost daily within the sight
of women & children & only yesterday an
act of sexual intercourse took place, right
alongside my place, between an old grey
headed man & a female aboriginal, while
my three little girls aged 4, 5, & 6 years stood
looking on & wondering what they were doing.
I did not know of it until several hours
afterwards or I should certainly have tried to
make an example of him. This is only one case
of many occurring daily. One cannot go near
the river or anywhere near the aboriginals
without gins & even children of 8 & 10 years of age