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well conducted. They have the same sportiveness, activity, and love
of fun as the generality of children; and they betray no bad
disposition when corrected for faults any more than white
Children. . . . They seem all to have good ears
for music, and are able to sing with tolerable accuracy
and spirit a number of Sabbath School hymns to
Church Music tunes. Their memories are good;
and they always sing at worship morning and night
without looking at the book. The average
attendance daily is 24 boys and girls. . . . . .
"Mr John Green who presides over the establishment is a Christian
man who has, for a number of years interested himself in the instruction
and temporal welfare of the Yarra blacks, while settled as an
evangelist among the white population of Brushy Creek. . . . By
degrees the truths of God's Word seemed to enter the dark minds
of the aborigines and leave decided impressions. Instances of a
favourable change of mind and feeling from time to time appeared. New
principles of action gradually came into operation, and disclosed a
process of spiritual change in the hearts of several of the men.
(The women were less ready to receive impressions) Mr Green has
been appointed general Inspector of the blacks throughout the Colony,
and has done eminent service by traversing all the colony, securing
infomation, shoring up local interest in the aborigines, and in many
ways promoting their interests. About 3 years ago he succeeded in