'The article presents a biography of Daisy Bates, a scholar in the field of Aboriginal history in Australia. It cites the reason why the native race was vanishing according to Bates. She was the foster-daughter of Sir George Outram, a hero of the Indian army buried with full honors in Westminister Abbey, England. She decided to travel to Australia after a doctor diagnosed a spot on her lungs as a warning of tuberculosis.' (Publication abstract)