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Darryl Kickett

copy of a letter from Billie Kickett on July 21st 1900 to John Forrest

Billie and Forrest

Darryl Kickett, Westerly, December 2019

(Note on access: download the pdf for the special issue 'Ancestors’ Words'. Then scroll to page 18.)

I have to bring under your notice with extreme regret the medical treatment Aboriginals receive in this town. On June the 28th one named Billy Kickett…a fine specimen of health and strength, was taken ill. His companions sent for the doctor to go and see him. The doctor gave them a bottle of mixture instead. The poor fellow grew worse and died yesterday, as it were, like a dog, no medical assistance.

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