Correspondence with the Colonial Secretary's Office
QSA317669 1908 Application for Permit, Tracker Rob, Black trackers stationed at Laura, Mareeba, Maytown, Mt Garnet and Mt Molloy, DR83477

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Sep 20, 2022 Queensland Frontier Conflict Sep 10, 2022 ElizabethConway Aug 25, 2022 Queensland Frontier Conflict	1 [FORM A. THE ABORIGINALS PROTECTION AND RESTRICTION OF THE SALE OF OPIUM ACTS 1897 TO 1901 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT I, THE UNDERSIGNED, hereby apply for the grant of a Permit to employ the* Aboriginal, particulars of whom are hereunder written :- PARTICULARS OF * 1. Name: Rob 2. Sex: Male 3. Approximate Age: 23 years 4. District where Born: Laura 5. Nature of Employment: Native Police Tracker 6. Period of proposed Employment: Twelve months as from 1st July 1908 [?] wages￡1 per month EMPLOYER 1. Name: D.J. Fitzgibbon 2. Laura Police Station 3. Occupation: Constable In Charge of Police Station Dated at Laura the 1st. day of July 1908 *"Aboriginal" or "Half-caste" [Right hand side of page] Prepare permit ADVISE INSPECTOR. that it is understood that Rob replaces one of the trackers at present employed & to advise which one is leaving [initials] Accdly 15/7/08 H. Malone Inpector of Police Cairns	1 [FORM A. THE ABORIGINALS PROTECTION AND RESTRICTION OF THE SALE OF OPIUM ACTS 1897 TO 1901 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT I, THE UNDERSIGNED, hereby apply for the grant of a Permit to employ the* Aboriginal, particulars of whom are hereunder written :- PARTICULARS OF * 1. Name: Rob 2. Sex: Male 3. Approximate Age: 23 years 4. District where Born: Laura 5. Nature of Employment: Native Police Tracker 6. Period of proposed Employment: Twelve months as from 1st July 1908 [?] wages￡1 per month EMPLOYER 1. Name: D.J. Fitzgibbon 2. Laura Police Station 3. Occupation: Constable In Charge of Police Station Dated at Laura the 1st. day of July 1908 *"Aboriginal" or "Half-caste" [Right hand side of page] Prepare permit ADVISE INSPECTOR. that it is understood that Rob replaces one of the trackers at present employed & to advise which one is leaving [initials] Accdly 15/7/08 H. Malone Inpector of Police Cairns

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