The transcripts of the evidence taken by the Commissioners of the Moseley Report are the recorded statements from a variety of witnesses in response to questioning by the Commissioners. The transcripts make for very interesting reading and provide an insight into the attitudes of the key stakeholders of the time, in particular, A O Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines for Western Australia. It is also significant that a number of Aboriginal activists, such as the Harris family, are also represented.
The transcripts are contained in the following microfilm held at the State Records Office of Western Australia:
Acc 2922/1-2
Title: Transcript of evidence 1934
Item 1 & Item 2
The following list is the names of the witnesses who gave evidence for the Royal Commission (the page numbers refer to the pages of the transcripts; however, the transcripts themselves have been uploaded here according to each witness)
INDEX TO WITNESSES
ATKINSON, Dr.R.C.E., Commissioner of Health 527
BENNETT, Mrs M.M., Women’s Service Guild 213
BROMHAM, Miss Ada., W.C.T.U. 551
BROPHY, T., Aboriginal 571
BROWN, Mable A.T., Missionary 577
BRYAN, Dr.C.P. 346
CAMPBELL, Mrs G., Matron, East Perth Girls Home 433
CANNING, A.W., Surveyor 189
CLIFTON, A.G., Retired Warden 438
COVERLEY, A.A.M., M.L.A. 396
DINAH, A., Aboriginal 423
DOULL, Dorothy,G., Formerly at Moore River 427
EGAN, J., Half-flaste 566
EGAN, J., Jr Half-Caste 568
EGAN, Melba., Half-Caste 569
HAMERSLEY, H., Formerly/Assistant Under Secy for Lands 467
HARRIS, G.A., Retired farmer 410
HARRIS, Mary, A. 464
HARRIS, N.C., Miner, Rothsay 179
HEDGES, J.T., Formerly farm assistant, Moore River 450
HOGBEN, Rev.E.W., Presbyterian Minister 444
HUELIN, J.F., Under Secretary 547
ISAACS, S.A., Aboriginal 334
JOYNER, Mrs E.R.P., Women’s Service Guild 330
LANDON, Mrs V.M., Employment Broker 501
LOVE, Rev.J.R.B., Port George IV Mission 583
MIPPY, A., Half-Caste 460
MITCHELL, E.O., Formerly Inspector of Aborigines 476, 512
MORLEY, N.M., Austn Aborigines Amelioration Assn 134
MORRISON, Annie, Aboriginal 573
MURIEL, Rev A. 415
NANNUP, D., Aboriginal 574
NEVILLE, A.O., Chief Protector of Aborigines 1, 595, 668
Neville’s Evidence:
Monday, 12 March 1934 (Day 1)
The complete transcript of evidence for the whole of Day 1: click here
Day 1 transcript is also broken down into parts as follows:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Tuesday, 13 March 1934 (Day 2)
Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18
PALMER, C.B., Farmer 564
REID, Jessie W.C.T.U., 507
RISCHBIETH, Mrs B.M. 536
SANDERSON, W.L., Secretary, Pastorallsts Assn 659
STEWART, J.L., De Grey Pastoral Coy 652
STONEMAN, Dr. E.T., 380
THOMPSON, A., Half-Caste 574
VALLANCE, Mrs M.B., Women’s Service Guild 318
WALLAM, W., Aboriginal 424
WARMADEAN, Mary., Half-Caste 561
WITHNELL, J.A., Retired Pastoralist 337
