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A few years later George Watkins (143), contributed 

 Qotes on the Aboriginals of xStradbroke and Moreton 

 Islands, gi<^ing experiences as far back as 1866. and 

 herein lies the value of the contribution. 



Other Ethnological contributors to the Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society of Queensland have been Dr. Shirley 

 (117, 118, 119), R. L. Jack (60), J. Lauterer (70), Cliffe 

 Mackie (75), R. H. Matthews (90), W. E. Roth (111), and 

 latterly myself (45, 46). Further literature bearing upon 

 Queensland to which no special reference is here made 

 will be found in the Bibliography at the end. 



With regard to works devoted exclusively to Queens- 

 land Ethnology those of Dr. W. E. Roth (112, 113), and 

 E. J. Banfield (9, 10) stand out jjrominently. 



Two works by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn (37, 38) must, however^ 

 be mentioned here, particularly '" The Little Black Princess 

 of the Nevier Never." Though the scene is laid in the 

 Northern Territory the manners and customs described 

 are remarkably similar to those of the Queensland natives, 

 so that as one reads, one might also imagine that the book 

 was dealing with the natives of this State. Never again, 

 I fear, will it be possible for such a delightful story of the 

 natives to be wTitten in so truthful a vein, since every year 

 the possibility of finding the natives in an uncontaminated 

 state is becoming more and more remote. Are we justified 

 in expecting to find such another character as the notorious 

 " Google-eye " ? 



Little need be said about the works of E. J. Banfield 

 because they speak for themselves and require no commend- 

 ation from my pen to make them of value. Banfield's 

 opportunities have been exceptional and he has used them 

 for the greatest scientific good. To him we are indebted 

 for a number of most excellent sketches of Queensland 

 natives and their ways, and it is to his remarkable abiUty 

 of gaining the confidence of the natives and inspiring their 

 trust that we owe so much. It has fallen to Banfield's lot- 

 to accumulate a whole host of ethnological matter of much 

 scientific value. 



A touch here and there introduced unostentatiously 

 into descriptive biological sketches has materially added 



