Parliamentary party at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement October 2 1925
For the opening a group of over twenty politicians and public servants visited the settlement, every opportunity was taken to convince them that expenditure on Aboriginal welfare was worthwhile. The visitors inspected a “native cottage”, listened to a brass band and saw a demonstration of spear throwing. For lunch, the Parliamentarians [ate] jellied crab with mayonnaise dressing, cold roast duck, trifle, fruit with jelly and devilled almonds
- Thom Blake, A Dumping Ground