Mudnilly
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Mudnilly
6 Nov 1841“I cannot accurately answer this question; but I may state in general terms, that the amount of daily labour of the Aborigines, falls far short of that of the European; I may here observe that in answer to Q. 2, I have stated that none of the natives have continued in constant employment; I shall state one exception, an Aboriginal Native (son of the chief of the district) remained with me upwards of 2 years; he was latterly employed in the kitchen and to wait at table, in which latter capacity he acted when his Lordship the Bishop of Australia did me the honor of a visit; I certainly thought that he was civilized, but after having obtained possession of a new suit of clothes, &c., he left the place about midnight, and the next time I saw Mudnilly, he was (perhaps more becomingly) dressed as a savage chief; he evidently preferred a precarious existence —perfectly uncontrolled—to every comfort in a state of thraldom.”