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The Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962 abolished the position of "Protector." [140] The "Chief Protector" role became the "Director of Aboriginal Affairs." The APB was replaced by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. [146] [147] The act also created an Aboriginal Affairs Board, whose members were chosen by the governor.
The Aborigines' Protection Society (APS) was an international human rights organisation founded in 1837, [1] to ensure the health and well-being and the sovereign, legal and religious rights of the indigenous peoples while also promoting the civilisation of the indigenous people [2] who were subjected under colonial powers, [3] in particular the British Empire. [4]
Auber Octavius Neville (20 November 1875 – 18 April 1954) was a British-Australian public servant who served as the Chief Protector of Aborigines and Commissioner of Native Affairs in Western Australia, a total term from 1915 to 1940 and his retirement from government.
This is a list of indigenous rights organizations.Some of these organizations are members of other organizations listed in this article. Sometimes local organizations associated with particular groups of indigenous people will join in a regional or national organization, which in turn can join an even higher organization, along with other member supraorganizations.
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.
Robinson took his family and seventeen Aboriginal Tasmanians from Wybalenna with him as servants. [9] Robinson was assigned with four Assistant Protectors, William Thomas, James Dredge, Edward Stone Parker and Charles Sievwright. Robinson established himself and his family in Melbourne, buying a prime parcel of land in South Yarra. He took a ...
Edward Stone Parker's work as Assistant Protector of Aborigines has been described as "a successful failure". [8] While the Franklinford Station he established to protect the Dja Dja Wurrung was eventually closed, he is remembered for his advocacy for land rights and reconciliation. He supported land ownership between Europeans and Aboriginal ...
South was appointed as a protector of Aborigines on 1 March 1908 and this was followed, in 1911, by promotion to chief protector of Aborigines in 1911. In this role South sought to provide shelter, food and clothing to 'full descent' Aboriginal people so that they would be "comfortable and happy for the remainder of their lives". [8]