Correspondence re Suspension ... of Dr Morice in the Northern Territory

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1886.

Folio, 12 pages.

Drop-title; small holes in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); an excellent copy.

South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 137 of 1886; only 700 copies printed. All "correspondence, telegrams and minutes relating to the dispensing with the services of Dr Morice as Protector of Aborigines and Health Officer". Morice was sacked for "insubordination, resistence of retrenchment, and litigious disposition"; his downfall stemmed from his refusal to follow ministerial instructions "not to take any action to provide counsel for the aborigines now under committal for the Daly massacre" (of Houschildt and others).

Item #57326

Price (AUD): $300.00