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Organisation Aborigines Protection Board (1883 - 1940)
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- 1883
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- 1940
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- Care Provider and Government Agency
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- Protection Board
Summary
The Aborigines Protection Board was established to manage reserves and the welfare of the estimated 9000 Aboriginal people living in New South Wales in the 1880s. It was part of the Department of Police and was chaired by the Commissioner of Police. It met weekly in Phillip Street in Sydney.
Board members, including George Edward Ardill of the Sydney Rescue Work Society, developed legislation in the period 1909 to 1935 that restricted the capacity of Aboriginal people to choose where they lived, enjoy education at the same standard offered to the rest of the community, set their own employment contracts, drink alcohol or receive family endowment in cash.
After considerable controversy, the Aborigines Protection Board was replaced by the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1940.
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1883 - 1940 Aborigines Protection Board
1940 - 1969 Aborigines Welfare Board
1969 - 1975 Aborigines Welfare Directorate
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Publications
Books
- Goodall, Heather, Invasion to Embassy: land in Aboriginal politics in New South Wales, 1770-1972, 2nd edn, Sydney University Press (originally published Allen & Unwin, 1996), Sydney, 2008, 505 pp. Details
- Mellor, Doreen and Haebich, Anna, Many Voices: reflections on Indigenous child separation, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002, 324 pp. Details
Online Resources
- 'Archives In Brief 78 - Access to records relating to Aboriginal people', in Archives In Brief, Provides guidance on how to access records relating to Aboriginal people held as NSW State archives. It also provides contact details for accessing records relating to Aboriginal people held in other States and Territories., State Records Authority of New South Wales, http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-78. Details
- 'Mr. A.W. Green: Cricket President's Death.', The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 August 1935, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17184543. Details
- State archives relating to Aboriginal people, State Records NSW, 1998, http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-relating-to-aboriginal-people/state-archives-relating-to-aboriginal-people. Details
- History of the Children's Court [extracted from Blackmore, R., The Children's Court and Community Welfare in NSW, Lawlink NSW, 2009, http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/childrens_court/ll_cc.nsf/pages/CC_aboutushistoryofthechildrenscourtchildpage. Details
- Stolen Generations' Testimonies, Stolen Generations' Testimonies Foundation, 2012, http://stolengenerationstestimonies.com/index.php. Details
- Parry, Naomi, 'Such a longing': Black and white children in welfare in New South Wales and Tasmania, 1880 to 1920, Department of History, University of New South Wales, 2007, 361 pp, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/4033481. Details
- Radi, Heather, ''Ardill, George Edward (1857-1945)'', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press, 1979, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ardill-george-edward-5048. Details
- Read, Peter, The stolen generations: the removal of Aboriginal children in New South Wales 1883-1969, Foreword by Andrew Refshauge, 6th reprint edn, 1981 [1988], http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-59691. Details
- Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCSWR/_assets/main/documents/connectkin_guide.pdf. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Goodall, Heather, Invasion to Embassy: land in Aboriginal politics in New South Wales, 1770-1972, 2nd edn, Sydney University Press (originally published Allen & Unwin, 1996), Sydney, 2008, 505 pp; Mellor, Doreen and Haebich, Anna, Many Voices: reflections on Indigenous child separation, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002, 324 pp; Parry, Naomi, 'Such a longing': Black and white children in welfare in New South Wales and Tasmania, 1880 to 1920, Department of History, University of New South Wales, 2007, 361 pp, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/4033481; Radi, Heather, ''Ardill, George Edward (1857-1945)'', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press, 1979, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ardill-george-edward-5048.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 21 February 2011, Last modified: 28 March 2012
Last updated: 31 May 2013
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