Talk:A. O. Neville

earlier comments

Which government department was Mr Neville working for when he was the Chief Protector of Aboriginies? DarthVader 11:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Possibly the Aborigines Department.[1] This article is not clear on the title of the department at any particular time though, so I haven't added it to the article. This article seems a little clearer. --Scott Davis ^Talk 03:49, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

This article is disgracefully biased against AO Neville — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.40.167 (talk) 01:53, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

100% agree with the above comment. Just look at the libellious state of this article as it exists.

"Opposition to this practice was advocated at the time, but his role as Commissioner was never persistently challenged.[citation needed]"

- He was commissioner for 4 years. 4 years. Christ. For most public servants a 4 year appointment is a flyspeck. Why would anyone challenge it in any event?

"In 1934, a royal commission was called to examine the current state of Aboriginals with regard his role as commissioner. This ended up giving him more power over the lives of Western Australian Aboriginals which, in turn, only increased their suffering."

- How did it increase their suffering? What a ridiculous assertion to make without evidence. This disgraceful and nonsense article has inspired me to actually create an account on this dungpile of historically inaccurate slop masquerading as an authoritative encyclopaedia, if only to fix rubbish like this. You've done well, whoever penned the above nonsense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.64.214.209 (talk) 15:07, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Needs Work

This article is quite a good start, but reads like a synopsis of the Dictionary of Biography Article here: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110005b.htm?hilite=neville, especially the first line.

All the block quotes really need references-- they simply seem to have been lifted from the web site here: http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=455&op=page

There is a great body of work on this man and it would be better to include proper references to this secondary material-- at the moment it has the feel of original research.

Finally, there is still the controversy over Neville's intentions which should really be included.

If pople ae happy I'll try and dig up some proper source material and add it. Dave Earl (talk) 05:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Money

I just deleted a sentence that claimed that the amount of money spent by the government on Aboriginal policy was 1/6 of that spent on convicts. This is just a ridiculous statement, and in all likelihood totally made up. Convict transportation ceased in the 1860s in WA. Furthermore, comparing the two is apples and oranges. I could say that the amount of money spent by the government on road signs is 1/10000 of what it spends on health policy; what exactly does that demonstrate? 115.64.9.69 (talk) 08:47, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Agree with that. Perhaps some mention should be made of the poor economic condition of WA at the time. In the '30's Mitchell was appointed "lieutenant Governor" because the State didn't think it could afford to pay a full time Governor. Hardly surprising that Neville didn't get much.

Meaning of Karthus

Hi, Excuse my ignorance, but can someone explain the sentence: "Neville immigrated to Victoria, Australia as a Karthus"? I am unable to get a definition outside of Gaming! Thanks Nelson50^T 14:15, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Issue with article

There's an issue with the article where a single phrase has been inserted many times throughout the article, sometimes in the middle of another sentence or even word where it doesn't make sense. The phrase is as follows: "appointed as the secretary of a new department organising immigration and tourism, and assisted in fostering the migration of 40,000 people to Western Australia over the next few years." Right now I count 8 places where it appears. Deleting it is one thing, but in some cases it seems to have covered over earlier text and information. Acire93 (talk) 12:26, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Acire93: Thanks for the note; it was due to vandalism by 209.39.26.145 that lasted for nearly a month. I've gone and fixed it. Graham87 12:32, 5 October 2022 (UTC)