No. Date Rec. Writer

1897

No.	Date Rec.	Writer	Subject – ‘Docket of letter’
P 340 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 P 341 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450	November 1 November 1 “ 1 “ 29 Oct 3 November 3 “ 4 “ 4 “ 5 “ 5 “ 8 “ 8 “ 10 “ 10 “ 12 “ 12 “ 13 “ 15 “ 15 “ 15 “ 16 “ 17 “ 18 “ 18 “ 20 “ 20 “ 22 “ 25 “ 25 “ 25 “ 26 “ 26 “ 29 “ 1 December ---- 2 December 2 “ 2 “ 3 “ 6 “ 6 “ 6 “ 6 “ 29 Novem 7 December 8 “ 8 “ 9 “ 10 “ 10 “	Sutton T. M. Clarke MC Russell MC Thomas Adams Hack P. B. Turner T. C. Sutton T. M. Field John SPA Shanks MC Ewens MC Gibbons MC Donegan MC Hillier MC Lindsay W. H. McEwen MC Schmidt MC Blake MC Bee J. WWO Uppington MC Gibbons MC Gall John Clarke MC Dunne MC Do Field John SA Dunk W. & H. Supply & TenderBd Sutton T. M. Watson F. H. MD Donegan MC Blake MC Dunne MC McCarthy MC Clarke MC Prot. of Aborigines Main, Sells & Co. Gibbons MC J. Napier & Co. Williams MC Hillier MC Oastler J. C. McEwen MC May R. Taylor H. & W. Field John SPA Robert Wanganeen Gibbons MC Sutton T. M. Phillipson N. E. Bluntish MC	Pt McLeay. Stores for Needles, required at. Streaky Bay. Report re Aborigines at & Stores required at. Diamentina. Do Do Do Do Pt Pierce. Lease of block of land near Clare, applies for. Cordillo Downs. Stores, fresh supply required at. Moralana. Do Do Pt McLeay. Rations issued at The Needles, rel. to. Death of Aborigines Policeman Dick & Scrubber’s wife, reports. Truss for Aboriginal Joe Walker. Pt Augusta. Payment of wild dog scalp fee 5/- for Aboriginal Blades, requesting. Blanchetown. Purchase of Boat for Aboriginal Mason, part cost of, applies for. Robe. Stores, fresh supply required at. Mannum. Do Do Fowler’s Bay. Do Do Milang. Gun for Aboriginal Yates, & sale of leeches for, rel. to. Haddon Downs. Stores for, requests, further supply of. Cowell. Stores required at, large number of Aborigines arrived at. Morgan. Do Do Pt Germein. Aboriginal Arthur ill at, & doctor’s attendance, a/c for. Adelaide. Aboriginal 419, Tim Adams’ Section at Wallaroo, a/c for laying water onto. Murray Bridge. Aboriginal girl Gussie Fletcher taken to Milang en route to Pt McLeay. Mannum. Aboriginal George Lindsay, family, concerning. Cantara (Coorong). Aboriginal lunatic Matthews, removal of to Lunatic Asylum. Streaky Bay. Natives ill with Influenza at. Medical attendance required for. Kingston. Stores, fresh supply required at. Do Report re Aborigines on Coorong obtaining rations improperly. Pt Augusta. O.S. Postage Stamps required at. Milang. Seven Natives require rail passes to Strathalbyn. Adelaide. Form “D”, alteration in, notifies. Pt Adelaide. Stores required at; repair of Aboriginal Redman’s Gun &c. Streaky Bay. Report re his attendance on sick Aborigines at. Fowler’s Bay. Medical aid required for Native with hand blown off by dynamite. Pt Germein. Stores required at. Kingston. Aboriginal Matthews, alleged Lunatic, report rel. to. Border Town. Stores, fresh supply required at. Streaky Bay. Do Do Do (107 Natives arrived at). Adelaide. Return of Number of aborigines in S.A., births, deaths, &c. &c. “ Cartage of Aborigines stores to Wilgena, a/c for, encloses. Mannum. Encloses 5/- from Aboriginal Mason towards cost of a Canoe. Farina. Stores for Monte Collina & Haddon Downs, rel. to Cartage of. Oodnadatta. Stores required at. Milang. Fishing Lines for Aboriginal Yates, requesting. Anna Creek. Stores, fresh supply required at. Cowell. Aboriginal woman Moraltie Mary, death of, reports & a/c for burial of Mannum. Bags for Wurlies for Aboriginal Cooke, applies for. Port Lincoln. Fishing net, applies for. Pt Augusta. Aboriginal boy Carbine, removal of to Pt McLeay, rel. to. Pt Pierce. Wages due to him by Mr Brown, seeks recovery of. Mannum. Death of Aboriginal Jerry Mason, reports & re burial of. Pt McLeay. Stores required for The Needles; Gun, repair of required for Aboriginal Cameron. Beltana. Stores required at. Victor Harbor. Do Do

1897

No.	Date Rec.	Writer	Subject – ‘Docket of letter’
P 341 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 467A 468 469 470	December 11 “ 13 “ 11 “ 16 “ 15 “ 16 “ 16 “ 31 “[? Nov?] 24 “ 22 “ 18 “ 20 “ 14 “ 21 “ 24 “ 22 “ 21 “ 31 “ 22 “ 29 “ 24 “	Gibbons MC Campbell Leonard & Peter Harslett M. Phillipson N. E. Bluntish MC Sutton T. M. Do McDonald A. J. Garnett Francis Teate MC Dunk W. & H. Donegan MC Uppington MC Deane Sergt Schumann MC Pyne MC Field John SPA Hewish A. Sutton T. M. Burton MC Charles Power	Mannum. Stores required at. Pt McLeay. Block of land on the Coorong, applies for lease of. Wellington. Aboriginal Karpeny, re accident to his child, fencing of his land &c. Adelaide. Cordillo Downs stores, not received in time (part of) for last teams. Victor Harbor. Letter from D.C. of Encounter Bay to him re removal of Aborigines to reserve at Inman River, & seeks instructions. Pt McLeay. Medicines, supply of required. Do Canoe for Aboriginal Cameron, part of cost of, requesting. Lyndhurst. Stores required at. Pt Pierce. Do Do Renmark. Do Do Milang. Flour for Pt McLeay, rel. to. Payment of a/c, acknowledges. Fowler’s Bay. Stores required at. Murray Bridge. Death of Aboriginal child Hunter, reports. Orroroo. Aboriginal Carbine sent to Orroroo in error. Innamincka. Stores required at. Wellington. Aboriginal Charles Nettoon, pass for to Adelaide Hospital. Pt Augusta. Death of Aboriginal Jack at Bond’s Springs, N.T., report re. Oodnadatta. Departure of M.C. Williams from Oodnadatta and offers to undertake duties as Issuer of Aborigines Stores at. Pt McLeay. Aboriginal Old King of Goolwa, re removal of to Pt McLeay. Crystal Brook. Forged cheque by Aboriginal Donnelly, report rel. to. Moonta. Removal of his children from Pt Pierce Mission to Wallaroo, re.

1898

No.	Date Rec.	Writer	Subject – ‘Docket of letter’
P 342 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41	January 5 “ 6 “ 6 “ 6 “ 4 “ 5 “ 6 “ 6 “ 7 “ 7 “ 11 “ 4 “ 10 “ --- 10 “ 12 “ 12 “ ---- 13 “ 17 “ 14 “ 17 “ 18 “ 19 “ 20 “ 21 “ 21 “ 21 “ 24 “ 24 “ 26 “ --- 27 “ 27 “ 28 “ 28 “ 29 “ 29 “ 31 “ 31 “ 31 “	Blake MC Gibbons MC Gibb W. MD Adelaide Hospital. Gibbons MC Englehart A. MD Gibbes J. M. MD Bertie Tripp Children’s Hospital Waterman A. Shand H. M. MD Donegan MC Engelhart A. MD Medical Officers to Aborigines Sub-Protector FN Bluntish MC McEwen MC Prot. of Aborigines Sutton T. M. Dickenson Dr A. N. Henry Lampard Rennie J. T. MD Wilson Thos. JP Dunne MC Leake F. Morris Corpl Ellis H. J. Clode Sergt Field John SPA Dunk W. & H. McGrath J. Catchlove MC Kempe E. C. Mortlock W. L. Riddock John Gibbons MC Dunk W. & H. Abor. Mission Stns Leake F. Williams M C Cooper Geo.	Pt Germein. Stores required at. Mannum. Do Do Murray Bridge. Illness of Aboriginal child Hunter, reports, rel. to. Return of sick under treatment for quarter ended 31/12/1897. Mannum. Repair of Aborigines’ Canoes, recommends. Kingston. Return of sick under treatment for quarter ended 31/12/1897. Border Town. Return of sick under treatment for quarter ended 31/12/1897. Pt McLeay. Part-payment of Boat, requesting. Nth Adelaide. Admission of Aboriginal child, Jessie Walker, rel. to. Kingston. Condition of Aborigines at, calls attention to. Middleton. Return of sick under treatment for quarter ended 31/12/1897. Fowler’s Bay. Board of Transport charges, Aboriginal Colin Tom, a/c for. Kingston. Enquires concerning his appointment as Medical Officer to Aborigines for year 1898. Copies of signed agreements for 1898. Pt Augusta. Report re Aborigines & Rations at Mt Serle Depot. Victor Harbor. Rations, special issue of by Messrs Bell & Co., rel. to. Cowell. Removal of sick Native boy to Wallaroo Hospital, rel. to. Adelaide. Insufficiency of Aborigines’ Vote for current year, calls attention to. Pt McLeay. Stores required at. Maitland. Medical attendance on Aboriginal woman [Julia?] Biggs, a/c for encloses. Meningie. Additional block of land at Dodd’s Landing Point, applies for. Mannum. Return of sick under treatment for quarter ended 31/12/1897. Kangaroo Island. Aboriginal Mary Seymour [Tasmanian], water required for. Kingston. Aboriginal John Ormerod, reports death of & burial a/c encloses. Pt McLeay. Medicines required at. Yorketown. Report re Aborigines at. Middleton. Flour for Aborigines, a/c for, encloses. Pt Lincoln. Stores required for large number of Natives at. Pt Augusta. O.S. Postage stamps required at. Milang. Orders for rail passes to Adelaide Hospital for sick Aborigines required. Kalamurina. Stores, ackng receipt of, further supplies required at. Fowler’s Bay. Aboriginal Tommy, return of to Hergott, concerning. Wood Duck Creek. Stores required at. Mintaro. Destitute Aborigines at Tumby Bay, rations required for. Penola. Rations for Old Jacky & Charly, concerning. Mannum. Death of Aboriginal child Disher, reports & coffin for, requesting. Milang. Rail fares refunded by Aborigines to, flour rel. to. S.A. Financial returns A., B. & C., for 1897. Pt McLeay. Medicines required at. Oodnadatta. Stores required at. Penong. Destitute condition of Aborigines at, & outrages by, concerning.

1898

No.	Date Rec.	Writer	Subject – ‘Docket of letter’
P 343 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84	January 31 Jan 1 February 2 “ 1 “ 2 “ 3 “ 5 “ 6 “ 7 “ 7 “ 7 “ 7 “ 10 “ 11 “ 14 “ 15 “ 15 “ 8 “ 14 “ 16 “ 17 “ 17 “ 22 “ 17 “ 17 “ 22 “ 23 “ 23 “ 25 “ 24 “ 24 “ 24 “ 24 “ 28 “ 28 “ 4 March 4 “ 14 “ 14 “ 14 “ 14 “ 14 “ 14 “	Rickaby J. D. Gale Enoch Naulty MC Catchlove MC Schmidt MC Leak F. Pyne MC Finch MC Phillipson N. E. McEwen MC Gibbons MC Hillier MC Leak F. Murray F. A. Pyne MC McCarthy MC Poynton A. Insp. Gibbons MC Dunk W. & H. Phillipson N. E. Turner F. A. Bluntish MC Ockenden Corpl Catchlove MC Leak F. Botten Chas Lindsay W. H. Ewens MC Lathern S.: Sec. Leak F Do Do Do Baker MC Schmidt MC Walker A. N. Johnson Phelan Sergt Juckes MC Dunne MC Williams MC Clarke MC Poynton A. MP .	Penong. Destitute condition of Aborigines at & outrages by, concerning. Bookabie. Do Do Do Penola. Aborigines Charly & Jacky, rations for, required & return forms. Fowler’s Bay. Large number of Aborigines starving at Penong and committing thefts, Rations required for. Morgan. Report re two Aborigines at organ, & forms required. Pt McLeay. Land for Aboriginal Giles, re; & admissions to Hospital. Wellington. Rations for old & infirm Natives at, a/c for encloses. Kadina. Rations, concerning; axes required at. Adelaide. Cartage a/cs from Beltana Pastoral Co., encloses. Cowell. Stores, fresh supply required at. Mannum. Do Do Do Milang. Do Do Do & re Corroboree in Adelaide, natives requesting passes to go to. Pt McLeay. Land at Wellington for Aboriginal Crofton Giles, applies for, rel. to. Parallana. Stores, fresh supply required at. Wellington. Fencing wire for Aboriginal Karpany, applies for. Border Town. Stores, supply required at. Adelaide. Conduct of aborigines at Bookabie, West Coast, & rations for, rel. to. Mannum. Death of Aboriginal child Cooke & coffin required for, reports. Milang. Flour for Pt McLeay Depot, rel. to; mail contract to Meningie, ceases to hold, but will continue to run his Steamer. Beltana. Stores required at. Monte Collina. Do Do Victor Harbor. Do Do Correction of supposed error re return. Clare. Do Do Fowler’s Bay. Do Do for Aborigines at Penong. Pt McLeay. Sick Natives to Hospital, rel. to Land, if any available at Warringer Point, Lake Albert, enquires. Meningie. Death of Aboriginal child Long & a/c for coffin for, encloses. Haddon Downs. Stores, part of, arrived at & rest en route. Robe. Stores required at. YPAM, Moonta. Explanation re Balance Sheet for 1897 from Pt Pierce. Pt McLeay. Medicines, required at. Aboriginal Sumner sent to Hospital. Aboriginal John Laelinyeri, cannot recommend his application for land. Do Aboriginal James Unaipon, land for at Wellington, applies for. Do Aboriginal Peter Gollan, Do the Coorong, Do Do Aborigines Tripp, Rankine & Sumner sent to Adelaide Hospital. Elliston. Stores required at. Morgan. Flour required at, report re Aborigines at. Cattaparrie. Stores required at. Poltallock. Boat, applies for. Moonta. Aboriginal Tim Adams, a/c for 10/- for iron for house, encloses. Goolwa. Stores required at. Kingston. Do Do Oodnadatta. Do Do Streaky Bay. Do Do Adelaide. Complaints made by Joseph Law, Bookabie, of robberies by Aborigines on settlers in that District.

1898

No.	Date Rec.	Writer	Subject – ‘Docket of letter’
P 344 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 P 345 114 115 116 117 118 119 119A 120 121 122 123 124 125 126	March 14 “ 15 “ 15 “ 14 “ 14 “ 15 “ 19 “ ---- 21 “ 21 “ 22 “ 23 “ 22 “ 23 “ 23 “ 23 “ 25 “ 25 “ 25 “ 25 “ 28 “ 28 “ 28 “ 29 “ 28 “ 28 “ 26 “ 1 April 30 March 29 March 29 “ 1 April 1 “ ---- 30 March 2 April 4 “ 4 “ 4 “ 4 “ 4 “ 4 “ 4 “	Baker MC Leak F. Pantoni George Pyne MC Leak F. Gibbons MC James MC Prot. Aborigines Leak F. McEwen MC Frank Blackmore George Karpany Chief Storekeeper McCarthy MC Uppington MC Reuther Revd J. G. Gibbes J. M. Dr Manfield J. W. J. Napier & Co. Leak F. Schmidt MC Matthews MC Leak F. McDougal R. MD Smith J. H. Sub-Protector of Aborigines Mrs Pinkie Mack Sells W. B. Lathern B. Humphries Corpl Tom Smith Benham MC Manfield J. W. Sub-Prot Abors. Do Do Lawton R. W. Teate MC Field John SPA Burton MC Gall J. Engelhart A. MD Do Gibbes J. M. MD	Elliston. Stores required at. Report re Aborigines at. Pt McLeay. Do Do Goolwa. Applies for land in Section 2131, Hundred of Goolwa. Wellington. Rations for Aboriginal Karpeny & a/c for, encloses. Pt McLeay. Aboriginal Cameron applies for Boat; & Campbell for wire for fence; & re Black Trackers at Police Barracks. Mannum. Flour required at. Wilmington. Do Do Adelaide. Call for Tenders for Blankets for 1898-99, Gazette notice for. Pt McLeay. Enquiries concerning charges allowed for burials of Aborigines at. Cowell. Aboriginal Kelly’s claim for Dingo scalp, requesting. Milang. Medical aid for his sick child, seeks. Wellington. Pass for his wife & sick child to Hospital, requesting. PSS Pt Adelaide. Samples of Contract Tea to be furnished quarterly for examination. Border Town. Stores, fresh supply required at. Murray Bridge. Report re misconduct of Aborigines at. Killalpaninna. Report re issue of rations at. Border Town. Resigns his appointment as Medical Officer to Aborigines at & recommends Dr McDougal as his successor. Farina. Cartage a/c, Stores to Innamincka, concerning; a/c for, encloses. Do Do to Haddon Downs & Monte Collina, a/c for, encloses. Pt McLeay. Stores, ackng receipt of; Aboriginal Lampard requests assistance to complete his house, submits. Morgan. Stores, fresh supply of required at’ report re Aborigines at. Victor Harbor. Rations for Aborigines, Instructions for issuing, requests. Pt Mcleay. Medicines required at. Border Town. Appointment as Medical Officer to aborigines at, applies for. Denial Bay. 200 destitute Aborigines at, applies for rations for. Pt Augusta. Transport charges for sick Aboriginal, Rosie, from Coondambo to Pt Augusta Hospital, claims for, submits. Milang. Rail pass to Adelaide, requesting. Adelaide. Stores for Monte Collina Depot, enquires re transport of. Pt Pierce. Repair of Boats at, requesting. Melrose. Death of Aboriginal child Richards, reports & burial a/c encloses for. Murray Bridge. Canoe damaged by MC Uppington, complains of. Mannum. Repair of Aboriginal Perry’s Canoe, a/c for materials for, encloses. Hergott. Cartage of Aborigines Stores to Cowarie, explanation rel. to. Alice Springs. Copy of report for 1897 &c. Pt Augusta. Report for 1897. Adelaide. Loan of 25 Blankets for O.B.J. Easter Camp, requests. Renmark. Rations for Chowilla Natives, requesting. Pt Augusta. Rail passes, orders, requests supply of. Pt Germein. Stores required at. Cantara (Coorong). Two old destitute women at, calls attention to. Kingston. Wholesale destruction of wild-fowl at , Do Do Return of sick under treatment for quarter ended 31/3/98. Border Town. Do Do Do Do