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Chief Protector of Aborigines
'The Islanders have not yet reached the stage where they are competent to think and provide for themselves; they are really overgrown children and can be best managed for their own welfare, as a parent would discipline his family.'
Keywords: Chief Protector of Aborigines, Mer, Meriam history, 1915

Author: Sharp, Nonie
Source: Report of the Chief Protector of Aborigines, 1915.