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| isbn = 9781741145694 }}</ref> made Victoria the first [[colony]] to enact comprehensive regulations on the lives of [[Victorian Aborigines]]. The Board for the Protection of Aborigines exerted an extraordinary level of control over people's lives including regulation of residence, employment, marriage, social life and other aspects of daily life. |
| isbn = 9781741145694 }}</ref> made Victoria the first [[colony]] to enact comprehensive regulations on the lives of [[Victorian Aborigines]]. The Board for the Protection of Aborigines exerted an extraordinary level of control over people's lives including regulation of residence, employment, marriage, social life and other aspects of daily life. |
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The [[New South Wales]]' Aborigines Protection Board was established in 1883, gaining legal power under the [[Aborigines Protection Act (1909)]] with wide ranging control over the lives of Aboriginal people, including the power to remove children from families. It |
The [[New South Wales]]' Aborigines Protection Board was established in 1883, gaining legal power under the [[Aborigines Protection Act (1909)]] with wide ranging control over the lives of Aboriginal people, including the power to remove children from families, and the power to dictate where Aboriginal people lived. It also controlled their freedom of movement and personal finances. In particular, Aboriginal children (especially light-skinned ones) coul be removed from their homes and families and taken into care to be raised like white children, thus starting the [[stolen generation]]. The 1911 amendment to the Aboriginal Protection Act established [[Kinchela]] Boys Home and [[Cootamundra]] Girls Home for Aborigional children. Aboriginal children were removed from their homes and transported to Kinchela and Cootamundra, where they were taught farm labouring and domestic work, many of them ending up as servants in the homes of wealthy Sydney residents. |
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The Board was renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1940 under the [[Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act (1940)]], which stipulated that Aborigianl people should be assimilated into mainstream white society. The Board consisted of 11 members, inclduing two Aboriginal people, one ''full-blood'' and one haveing ''a mixture of Aboriginal blood''.This essentially meant that Aboriginal culture shoudl evaportae, and Aboriginal people should eventually become indistinguishable from Europeans.. The Aborigines Welfare Board was abolished under the [[Aborigines Act (NSW) 1969]].<ref>[http://www.daa.nsw.gov.au/about/history.html Aboriginal Affairs in NSW: A Short History, ''NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs'', accessed 20 March 2008]</ref> |
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The [[Western Australia]]n Aborigines Protection Board operated between 1 Jan 1886 and 1 Apr 1898 as a [[Statutory authority]] under ''An Act to provide for the better protection and management of the Aboriginal natives of Western Australia, and to amend the law relating to certain contracts with such Aboriginal natives'' (statute 25/1886); ''An Act to provide certain matters connected with the Aborigines'' (statute 24/1889).<ref>[http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=1200 Aboriginal Protection Board at the ''State Records Office of Western Australia'', accessed 20 March 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/aboriginalrecords.asp For records relating to the WA Aboriginal Protection Board see the ''WA States Records Office'' accessed 20 March 2008]</ref> |
The [[Western Australia]]n Aborigines Protection Board operated between 1 Jan 1886 and 1 Apr 1898 as a [[Statutory authority]] under ''An Act to provide for the better protection and management of the Aboriginal natives of Western Australia, and to amend the law relating to certain contracts with such Aboriginal natives'' (statute 25/1886); ''An Act to provide certain matters connected with the Aborigines'' (statute 24/1889).<ref>[http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=1200 Aboriginal Protection Board at the ''State Records Office of Western Australia'', accessed 20 March 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/aboriginalrecords.asp For records relating to the WA Aboriginal Protection Board see the ''WA States Records Office'' accessed 20 March 2008]</ref> |
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There was an Aboriginal Protection Board in a number of Australian States with the function of "protecting" and regulating the lives of Indigenous Australians. They were also responsible for administering the various Half-caste acts where these existed and had a key role in the Stolen generations. The Board had nearly ultimate control over Aborigines' lives.
The Victoria Aboriginal Protection Board, established by the Aboriginal Protection Act of 1869 (replacing the Central Board Appointed to Watch Over the Interests of the Aborigines),[1] made Victoria the first colony to enact comprehensive regulations on the lives of Victorian Aborigines. The Board for the Protection of Aborigines exerted an extraordinary level of control over people's lives including regulation of residence, employment, marriage, social life and other aspects of daily life.
The New South Wales' Aborigines Protection Board was established in 1883, gaining legal power under the Aborigines Protection Act (1909) with wide ranging control over the lives of Aboriginal people, including the power to remove children from families, and the power to dictate where Aboriginal people lived. It also controlled their freedom of movement and personal finances. In particular, Aboriginal children (especially light-skinned ones) coul be removed from their homes and families and taken into care to be raised like white children, thus starting the stolen generation. The 1911 amendment to the Aboriginal Protection Act established Kinchela Boys Home and Cootamundra Girls Home for Aborigional children. Aboriginal children were removed from their homes and transported to Kinchela and Cootamundra, where they were taught farm labouring and domestic work, many of them ending up as servants in the homes of wealthy Sydney residents.
The Board was renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1940 under the Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act (1940), which stipulated that Aborigianl people should be assimilated into mainstream white society. The Board consisted of 11 members, inclduing two Aboriginal people, one full-blood and one haveing a mixture of Aboriginal blood.This essentially meant that Aboriginal culture shoudl evaportae, and Aboriginal people should eventually become indistinguishable from Europeans.. The Aborigines Welfare Board was abolished under the Aborigines Act (NSW) 1969.[2]
The Western Australian Aborigines Protection Board operated between 1 Jan 1886 and 1 Apr 1898 as a Statutory authority under An Act to provide for the better protection and management of the Aboriginal natives of Western Australia, and to amend the law relating to certain contracts with such Aboriginal natives (statute 25/1886); An Act to provide certain matters connected with the Aborigines (statute 24/1889).[3][4]
There were also Aboriginal Protection Boards in Queensland and South Australia. Aborigines Welfare Board in New South Wales was abolished in 1969. By then all states & territories had repealed the legislation allowing for the removal of Aboriginal children under the policy of 'protection'.
References
- ^ Broome, Richard (2005). Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800. Allen & Unwin. pp. 130–131. ISBN 9781741145694.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|coauthors=and|month=(help) - ^ Aboriginal Affairs in NSW: A Short History, NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs, accessed 20 March 2008
- ^ Aboriginal Protection Board at the State Records Office of Western Australia, accessed 20 March 2008
- ^ For records relating to the WA Aboriginal Protection Board see the WA States Records Office accessed 20 March 2008
External links
- Documenting Democracy at the National Archives of Australia
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