At Barambah, Taroom and Palm Island: "Recreations—The usual outdoor sports of cricket, football, tennis, &c, are always popular, and were encouraged by assisting the natives to obtain sporting material. Every encouragement was also given them to practice and retain their skill in, and love for, their old native arts, sports, and pastimes.
The usual Christmas festivities were indulged in, the extra luxuries, gifts, sports, prizes, picnics, &c, provided, being keenly enjoyed'. (DNA Annual Report for 1923, p. 9)
'Gambling and immorality are still a source of trouble, and will be until it is possible to combat them by providing means for healthy social and domestic recreations for the hours, when, for lack of these occupations, they get into mischief' (DNA Annual Report for 1923, p. 8).
'In sport the settlements are more or less well catered for, and the Chief
Protector has spared no effort in the past to encourage this form of life on
the settlements, by dispersing funds for the procuring of suitable material.
For this he has the grateful thanks of the natives as well as of the officials. But more could be done in this direction, however, and each settlement should have at least one official who should be given a reasonably free hand to encourage and arrange regular sport of a clean and healthy order' (Daily Mail (Brisbane), 16 November, 1923, p. 6).
