 But the number of files bearing such a comment appear to be on the order of either one or two, with two others being noted only with "Aboriginal".In 1909, the Protector of Aborigines in South Australia, William Garnet South, reportedly "lobbied for the power to remove Aboriginal children without a court hearing because the courts sometimes refused to accept that the children were neglected or destitute".South argued that "all children of mixed descent should be treated as neglected".