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AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS. 



ment for the sins committed by those who went before 

 them. 



Let those, however, who feel an interest in the 

 honor and fair fame of their country (and Australians 

 have many things of which they may justly be proud), 

 put forth a greater effort to educate and save the 

 remnant of these native people. Some of them may 

 be very low, and offer little encouragement for effort, 

 but others are brighter, especially among the children, 

 as I can testify from personal observation in some of 

 the schools I visited. I hold that they all have a just 

 claim upon the humane and philanthropic efforts of 

 the stronger race which has displaced them. 



AUSTRALIAN NATIVE'S NECKLACE. 



