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New South Wales - Legislation
Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943 (1943 - 1969)
- From
- 1943
- To
- 1969
- Categories
- Amending Act
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The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943 (13/1943) created 'exemption certificates' which enabled an Aboriginal person to argue they should no longer be deemed to be 'an aborigine or a person apparently having an admixture of aboriginal blood', and could thus escape the provisions of the Aborigines Protection Act and enjoy similar freedoms to white people. The Act enabled the Board, for the first time, to board out (or foster) children admitted to its control. It asserted the Board's rights to control its wards, their apprenticeship and their custody. It was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1969.
- Series Title
- Applications for Certificates of Exemption, Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1930 - 1964)
- Date Range
- 1930 - 1964
- Reference
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11
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943
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