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The Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 greatly reduced the requirements needed for Aboriginal children to be removed. [10] The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1936 extended the powers of the board further, giving them complete control of Aborigines resident in NSW. [10]
In 1915, an amendment to the Act gave the Aborigines Protection Board the power to remove any Aboriginal child from their family at any time and for any reason. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] “The Board may assume full control and custody of the child of any aborigine, if after due inquiry it is satisfied that such a course is in the interest of the ...
The Aborigines Protection Act 1909 was introduced in the 20th century, which aimed to protect Indigenous Australians through methods such as assimilation. The introduction of this law gave power to organisations such as the NSW APB. In 1915, the act introduced an amendment which allowed for the removal of Indigenous Australians under 21. [5]
In 1915, in New South Wales, the Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 gave the Aborigines' Protection Board authority to remove Aboriginal children "without having to establish in court that they were neglected." At the time, some members of Parliament objected to the NSW amendment; one member stated it enabled the Board to "steal the child ...
The Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910 was an Act of the South Australian parliament (Act no. 1024/1910), assented to on 7 December 1910. The long name of the Act was "An Act to make Provision for the better Protection and Control of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Northern Territory, and for other purposes", and it established the Northern Territory Aboriginals Department and created ...
Aborigines Act 1934: South Australia: Control [11] Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940: New South Wales: Control Pitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956: South Australia: First native title legislation in the country [12] Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962: South Australia: Control [13] Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966: South Australia: Land rights ...
Western Australia state has scrapped new Aboriginal heritage protection laws after just five weeks because of opposition from landowners. The decision, denounced by Indigenous groups, comes in the ...
The Central Board Appointed to Watch Over the Interests of the Aborigines was established in 1860. This was replaced by the Victorian Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines in 1869 (via the Aboriginal Protection Act 1869), [1] [2] making Victoria the first colony to enact comprehensive regulations on the lives of Aboriginal Victorians.