Benevolent Benedictines? Vulnerable missions and Aboriginal policy in the time of A.O. Neville

[Eliza] must understand distinctly that when she reaches Perth she is under my control, and must do as she is told. Subsequently Eliza was brought to me by Policewoman Dugdale, and she [Eliza] claimed that she was the daughter of a half-caste by a white father, and was not therefore subject to the provisions of the Aborigines Act in regard to her movements and our desire to send her back to the Mission.